All Articles For Joshua

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: Joshua 8:1 Israel had beheld the greatness of the power of their God in the destruction of the great city of Jericho, and they followed it immediately by falling into two grievous errors. The one and most serious was their failure to guard against theft the plunder which was found in Jericho and which...

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 they had been ambassadors. . . .  And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. . . .  And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, and let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.  Joshua 9:3, 4, 6,...

So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.  And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.  Joshua 10:13, 14 Strange and extraordinary was the surrender of the Gibeonites to the children of Israel. It began with an elaborate plan of deception perpetrated by the Gibeonites in the fear which they felt for Israel and the power of Israel’s God. It reflected poorly on the children of Israel in...

And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.  Joshua 21:43 With the victory at Gibeon, the strength of Canaan was broken. The five kings that came against Israel there represented the strongest force that the Canaanites could ever hope to muster, and they had been utterly destroyed in one day, extraordinary day that it was. It could not but leave the remainder of the inhabitants of Canaan with a hopeless sense of terror. It would be a long time before any would dare to...

In our preceding article, we called attention to the Romish view of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper by quoting from the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent, and we quoted Chapters I through VII of these decrees. We now continue with these canons and decrees. CHAPTER VIII. On the Use of this Admirable Sacrament Now as to the use of this holy sacrament, our Fathers have rightly and wisely distinguished three ways of receiving it. For they have taught that some receive it sacramentally only, to wit, sinners: others spiritually only, those to wit who eating in...

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh . . .  And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see it.  Joshua 22:9, 10 Israel had entered its inheritance. The enemy had fallen before them wherever they met them in battle. They had received the land of Canaan...

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 eiders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and, for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age. . . . 

And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.  And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of the land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? 

RIGHT TO WORK  “Right to work” laws have had a long history in this country. And this history is of great concern to the people of God who are conscience bound not to join existing labor unions, and who are often forced to quit their jobs and take positions which offer lower pay because of these convictions. 

Classis West of the Protestant Reformed Churches met for three days, on September 5-7, in Isabel, South Dakota. The agenda was heavy; and there was little time, day or night, that was not taken up in the work. Nevertheless, the delegates enjoyed the hospitality and fellowship of the saints in Isabel, as well as good fellowship among themselves.