Sermon Series: Joshua 1959

The Altar on Ebal

Date: December 6th, 1959  |  Scripture: Joshua 8  |  Topics: Humility, Prayer, Sin, War

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: andContinue Reading


The Wiles of the Gibeonites

Date: December 13th, 1959  |  Scripture: Joshua 9  |  Topics: Blessing, Canaan, Joshua, Thanksgiving

And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if tContinue Reading


There Was No Day Like That

Date: December 27th, 1959  |  Scripture: Joshua 10:1-14  |  Topics: Earth, Joshua, Miracles, Sun, War

Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king ofContinue Reading


The Final Victory

Date: January 10th, 1960  |  Scripture: Joshua 11  |  Topics: Joshua, Rest, Triumph, Victory, War

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the laContinue Reading


The Allotment of the Land

Date: January 17th, 1960  |  Scripture: Joshua 12  |  Topics: Conquest, Inheritance, Joshua, Land

Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; And from the plain to the sea oContinue Reading


All Others They Took in Battle

Date: January 24th, 1960  |  Scripture: Joshua 11:19  |  Topics: Caleb, Challenges, Courage, Victory, War

There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.


The Last Appeal of Joshua

Date: January 31st, 1960  |  Scripture: Joshua 23-24  |  Topics: Appeal, Discipleship, Joshua, Tribute

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. Behold, I have dividedContinue Reading