Joshua // Pastor Gene Pensiero

The generation of Israelites who enter Canaan must trust God and submit to circumcision before beginning their conquest. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

We’re encouraged to reflect on the burials of Joshua, Joseph and Eleazar (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua’s speech to the Israelites about idols and idolatry gets us thinking about the effect of false gods in our own lives (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua, now an old man, gathers together the leaders of Israel to speak to them about remaining faithful to the Lord after his death (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The two and one-half tribes return to their land on the other side of the Jordan River and promptly set up an altar that almost causes a civil war (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Levites can be seen as a type for believers of how we are to live the everyday, ordinary, average Christian life (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua designates six cities of refuge to provide shelter for those who commit manslaughter (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua casts the lots to determine the portion of land each tribe will be responsible to settle and control (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Caleb offers his daughter in marriage to whoever will attack Debir and slay its occupants (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

One of the two oldest guys, Caleb suddenly steps forward to demand the land he had been promised as his inheritance 45 years earlier (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The two and one-half tribes who misspoke asking for land east of the Jordan River receive their inheritance (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God commands Joshua to divide the land among the tribes of Israel and encourages them to finish the task of subduing all the country (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua summarizes the conquest of thirty-three kings by himself and Moses on both sides of the Jordan River (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua’s campaigns to conquer the land of Canaan culminate with a decisive victory by the waters of Merom where he hamstrings the enemies horses and burns their chariots (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua brings out and kills the five kings who were hiding in the cave at Makkedeh (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua asks God to prevent the sun from going down until Israel can route her enemies (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Gibeonites trick Joshua into a treaty (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Israelites go to Shechem, build an altar, then interact with the Word of God as it is read publically (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Israelites execute God’s unusual battle strategy against Ai while Joshua holds up the spear for them all to see (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Defeated at Ai, Joshua identifies Achan as the person who has sinned by taking some of the accursed spoil of Jericho for himself (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Rahab is kept safe as the walls of Jericho fall (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Israelites march around Jericho’s walls while its inhabitants watch with fear (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God quits sending manna and Gets Joshua ready to be sent into battle (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Forty years after their fathers were disciplined for refusing to enter the Promised Land the Lord commands Joshua to circumcise the new generation of Israelites as a renewal of His covenant (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Joshua retells the story of the crossing of the Jordan River with an emphasis on the stones that were taken from the riverbed (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The tribes of Israel cross over on dry ground as the priests bear the Ark of the Lord into the Jordan River (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Rahab tells a lie to protect the two spies who have come to her inn seeking information about the condition of the people of Canaan (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

After commanding the nine and one half tribes to prepare for conquest Joshua reminds the two and one half tribes of their commitment to fight and then listens as they offer him counsel (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

God gives Joshua His Word that the children of Israel will possess every place their feet tread upon in the Promised Land (Pastor Gene Pensiero)