Choose Whom You Will Serve
Can being good at church become an idol? Joshua 24 asks us to choose whom we serve, and to stop hiding behind morality in place of God.
FLIC in Joshua
What are you fighting for? In Exodus 17 Joshua fights in the valley while Moses prays on the hill, and both battles need our attention.
FLIC in Fatherhood
Fear can make slavery look safe. In Numbers 14, spiritual leadership means trusting God's promise and refusing to give up on the people in your care.
Do Not Stop at Praying
A promise to pray can hurt when it is followed by nothing. Knowing the Lord's heart means going first towards the person who has wounded you.
Birthright
The older brother's failure wasn't the sulking. In Luke 15, hauling his brother out of the pig sties was his job as firstborn, and he never went.
When God Says No
God brought Moses to the doorstep of the land and said no. Deuteronomy 34, the rock struck twice, and how a no shows whose kingdom you were building.
He Fights for His Glory
Why did God split the sea at the exact moment Israel said they would rather be slaves? Exodus 14, and a God who fights for His own glory.
God Makes the Ground Holy
Why would anyone pay $14,000 for chewed gum? The answer runs straight into Exodus 3, the burning bush, and what makes your Monday holy ground.
His Silence Is Not Absence
Four hundred years pass in Exodus with nobody named. Pastor Josh on Moses, and the grace that was already working centuries before the law.
You are Full (cont'd)
The person you may need to forgive most is yourself. In Genesis 50, Pastor Josh shows the brothers trapped in guilt 20 years after Joseph forgave them.