African Encounters
Here is just a sample of what I saw.
A Heart for God
However, Rahab the harlot and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day; for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. Joshua 6:25 NASB In the midst – Rahab’s life changed when those two spies came to visit. …
Homeward
I am at the Johannesburg airport getting ready to board the flight to London and then on to the USA. I suppose I need Twitter now. Before I get on-board, I just wanted to apologize if any one of you felt offended by my comment that I didn’t find the same reception in the US…
Na, Na-Na, Na
Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth, Joshua 2:12 NASB Please – So far everything about Rahab is just a little strange. It’s almost as if the narrator left out…
Africa Update
My faithful friends, I have just finished a 9 venue tour of South Africa, teaching 18 times on God’s word about the Greek – Hebrew worldview and the ezer kenegdo. The response has been nothing short of wonderful. I spoke with hundreds of people. The South African people have a deep sense of God’s handiwork…
I.O.U.
Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of truth, Joshua 2:12 NASB Kindly – Why should these spies help Rahab? What do they have to gain from a promise to save her? …
Pillow Talk
and said to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.” Joshua 2:9 NASB I know – How did Rahab know? How did she know that these men…
The Clean Version
So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there. Joshua 2:1 NASB Lodged – Rahab presents a problem. It’s bad enough that she might be a prostitute, but worse that even if she isn’t, she is a Gentile who becomes part of Israel, is in the…
Not Quite Enough
“But the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; and the LORD said to me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no more of the matter.’” Deuteronomy 3:26 NASB Enough! – Was God fair to Moses? Before you put on your theological-correctness hat, does this declaration from God seem consistent…
