Bible Teaching Ministries

Rules of Engagement. The time has come for Joshua and the nation of Israel to do battle with the inhabitants of the land of Canaan. But even as they face giants and unknown challenges, God has promised that He will fight for them if they commit to follow Him and obey His commandments. Our struggles today as Christians may not involve spears and shields but we do indeed fight real battles of the mind and the heart. Join us in Deuteronomy 31 and Joshua 1 as we recognize that God's promises are as real today to us as they were to the people of Israel, thousands of years ago.

It's a sobering and weighty task to be chosen as leader of a nation. Even more so when that nation is about to wage war against an unknown enemy. We pick up our lesson from last week as we continue to learn of the events God used in the life of Joshua to prepare him for this incredible task.

The life of Joshua. His name means “Yahweh is salvation.” Indeed, God used Joshua to demonstrate the true salvation that would later through the person of Jesus Christ. Through an incredibly diverse set of circumstances, God taught Joshua the many lessons he would need to be the spiritual and physical leader of the nation of Israel during their conquest of Canaan. This is part 1 in an ongoing study of the life of Joshua.