Jeremy Thompson

Tag: Joshua

  • He is a Jealous God who will not Forgive your Transgressions or your Sins

    Today’s lectionary reading is again from the end of Joshua and contains one of those sayings that well-meaning people like to hang up on the walls of their homes.  They may have it crocheted or artistically represented in some other manner.  And, it reads something like “As for me and my house, we will serve…

  • Joshua the Prophet

    Now that I have gotten over the shock of the fact that the lectionary skips over almost the entire Book of Joshua, I can make a few comments on the reading for today (Jos. 24.1-13).  Here we have Joshua functioning like a prophet.  We found out in Deut. 34.10 that Moses was a prophet.  A…

  • Skipping the Book of Joshua

    Wow! The lectionary readings skip way ahead today.  Yesterday was Joshua 3 and now we are at Joshua 24.  I can somewhat understand this since I’m not a huge fan of conquest narratives myself.  But, this caused me to step back a bit to check on how much of the Book of Joshua is actually…

  • Moses is Dead … So, Now What?

    Today’s lectionary reading moves from the end of Deuteronomy to the third chapter of Joshua.  The reading begins with verse 7 which, reads, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they will know that I will be with you as I was with Moses” (NRSV).  Of…