Week 4 – Deborah

Week 4 – Deborah

Intro In Judges 4 we pick up shortly after Joshua’s death. Joshua was the primary leader of Israel after Moses, who helped Israel drive out the Canaanites from the Promised Land. Unfortunately Israel didn’t drive out all the Canaanites, as God had...
Week 3 – Rahab

Week 3 – Rahab

= Heads up! Apologies, unfortunately there isn’t a sermon recording from Sunday, June 17, at Downtown, so you won’t see it posted above or in our podcast this week. Intro By the time we get to the second chapter of Joshua, the people of Israel have...
Justifying Rahab

Justifying Rahab

Rahab turns up a surprising number of times in the bible. After helping the two Israelite spies (Judges 2) and being spared in the downfall of Jericho (Judges 6), she’s mentioned on three other occasions, the third providing the real question for this discussion. As...
Week 2 – Joseph

Week 2 – Joseph

Intro Joseph’s life started out with headline-worthy examples of family dysfunction. As a boy, Joseph was pretty arrogant, and had a bad habit of bragging in front of his brothers and his parents. That didn’t sit well with Joseph’s older brothers,...
Week 1 – Abraham

Week 1 – Abraham

Intro In Genesis 12, God speaks to Abram, whose name changes later to Abraham. But who is Abram? Aside from mentioning Abram as a descendent of Adam and Eve from the land of Haran, scripture doesn’t say much about his origins. However, once we see God speak to Abram...