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Joshua covers a critical period in the history of Israel, as God brings them out of the desert wanderings into the land he promised them, through a series of spectacular military maneuvers. Yet readers today may struggle with commands from God that offend modern sensibilities. And what does the conquest and division of the promised land have to do with the Christian life? Professor Kenneth...

The Lord God alone is deserving of worship because by his mighty power and gracious love he delivers his people, as at the Red Sea and the Jordan River. Israel’s memorials are tributes to God, not to human achievements. They reflect a living faith in the Lord that he receives with favor (Lev. 2:2; Matt. 26:13; Acts 10:4). Together, the stone memorials—one in the river and one at Gilgal—are constant reminders of what God has done for Israel. By reciting God’s historic acts, Israel
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