Creative Space for Wanderers
The Gibeonites devised a ruse to trick Joshua into making a treaty with them. They sent a contingent with donkeys, old wineskins, moldy bread, and sold the Israelites on their story, “Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the Lord your God.” () It took three days before …
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The reputation of the Israelites preceded them as they begin to occupy the Promised Land, “they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites” (Joshua 5:1). Joshua was visited by “the commander of the Lord’s army” (5:13-15) and given an odd battle plan which he carried out in detail quite successfully. Rahab the prostitute …
Moses reviews the terms of the covenant with the people in the closing chapters of Deuteronomy. He explains why and how (briefly) and reminds the people: to confirm you this day as his people, that he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. …
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and Cities of refuge are required and defined to provide a place for those to accidentally kill someone to hide. Given the size of the growing population of Israelites there are enough people that this is a real possibility. Even further as the population continues to grow. “Set aside for yourselves three cities in the …
The not-so-simple approach — embedding a template into the html itself. This is probably not a recommended solution, but I was pressed for time. Anyway, the docs say you need: 1) a template and 2) a controller. Then…you need to listen to the controller Then…you need to do something about the response Ok, it’s not …
and The One Place Of Worship “Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains, on the hills and under every spreading tree, where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.” Break free from their ways. Worship God alone. I read these words and think about all the pagan ways of old that I …