afraid. Be strong and of good courage.” Courage and strength are required of God’s people. The Christian faith knows nothing of sloth and laziness or cowardice. It is strength and courage by which we win the spiritual battles, just as Joshua proved by winning the battles in the past. The second condition God imposes is that Joshua must follow his laws carefully just as Moses passed them down. This is, by the way, no easy matter. The Jews have calculated that the laws of Moses comprise 613 distinct