Contemplative Bible Reading

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Assumptions and Clarifications

April 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Joshua 22:9-12 (New International Version) 9 So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses. 10 When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the […]

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Choose

April 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Joshua 24:14-15 (New International Version) 14 “Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the […]

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The Mouth

March 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Joshua 1:8 (New International Version) Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. In this verse, God is instructing Joshua before Joshua leads the people into […]

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I Coveted

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Joshua 7:20-21 (New International Version)20 Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: 21 When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and […]

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