by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: WHEN PROPERLY PREPPED FOR BATTLE, GOD’S ARMY VANQUISHES ITS FOES BY A SIMPLE VICTORY SHOUT THAT UNLEASHES SUPERNATURAL POWER AND LAYS CLAIM TO GOD’S PROMISES INTRODUCTION: REVIEW: Don’t forget the preparation for battle in Chapters 1-5 – that is where the...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: MAKING HOLINESS AND WORSHIP TOP PRIORITY PREPARE GOD’S PEOPLE FOR VICTORY IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE INTRODUCTION: Jerome Creach: Transitions from one age to the next and from one generation to another are gradual. The interests and values of successive groups...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: ESTABLISHING PHYSICAL MEMORIALS TO SPIRITUAL MILESTONES REINFORCES THE REALITY OF GOD’S POWER IN OUR LIVES AND ENHANCES OUR WORSHIP REVIEW: Just a quick review of some of the key spiritual disciplines that we have touched on but that deserve more study: THE...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: STEPPING OUT IN FAITH SEEMS RISKY BUT IS THE ONLY COURSE OF ACTION THAT ALLOWS THE LIVING GOD TO WORK ON OUR BEHALF David Howard: Chapters 3–4 belong together, since they both discuss the crossing of the Jordan River. The emphasis in these two chapters is...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD ASSURES HIS PEOPLE OF VICTORY BY EXPOSING THE FEAR AND DEFEATIST ATTITUDE OF OUR ENEMIES (HERE HE USES A PROPHETIC PROSTITUTE = RAHAB) INTRODUCTION: TURNING THE TABLES Bad report given by initial 10 of 12 spies: “we became like grasshoppers in our own...
by Paul Apple | Mar 24, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: CLAIMING GOD’S PROMISES FOR SPIRITUAL VICTORY REQUIRES A COMMITMENT TO COURAGE AND OBEDIENCE INTRODUCTION: Personal Perspective in studying Joshua: I have a hunger for a greater level of spiritual victory in my Christian life. So this will not be the...
