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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  David is on the run. What does a running man need? Peace above all things. Because David is innocent, he navigates his time of desperation absent of bitterness, but rather with peace and wisdom. The story reveals how God provides for David. Not one need goes unmet. David acquires what he needs physically. He ac...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  David demonstrates how we must appropriate faith in the face of trial. He reminds us to agree with God that the nations must always be in focus. He also reminds us to sing through crisis--even if you are not a singer! Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Saul experiences curses while David experiences blessings. We watch the truth of James 4:6 play out:  James 4:6 (NLT)6 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Saul stumbles quickly. He believes his own press. He drinks his own cool-aid. He believes He is Israel's protector rather than a steward of God's provision. For this, God will establish his kingdom for only a time in order to show mercy to Israel.  It is Saul's son, Jonathan--not Saul--who understands the role...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  God tells Israel they may set a king over them...but they sin by asking for a king...yet, God appoints a king over them...but God was their king. What is going on? It is important to make sense of today's reading using three key passages for context. I want you to see three primary truths this transition story...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  When God's people struggle to recognize and submit to the authority of God's word, they are left to hope in mysticism. The absence of understanding in God's word always leads to mysticism. Mysticism always leads to idol worship. Idol worship always incurs the wrath of God.  Fathers are reminded by today's readi...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: The prayer of an abused wife, ends the sin cycle Israel is caught in. Hannah actually begs the Lord for many children. She wants to participate in the promises God made to Israel. During Eli's tenure as priest before the Lord, revelation from the Lord was not widespread. Samuel, the answer to Hannah&#3...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Genealogies and more genealogies! Yet today's reading sets up the transition story from the Judges Era to the Kingdom Era. God administers the faith of an abused woman to usher in the onramp to Israel's rise to be the most powerful and wealthiest nation on the earth. Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joelst...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Ruth's story teaches us that God administers the eras to accomplish His redemptive work by raising up stewards of His word to bring His salvation to the ends of the earth. If you were looking for a bright spot in the dark wilderness of the Judges era--you found it today! Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023jo...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Well, there is no other way to say this: today's reading is discussing chaos. If you finished today's reading with the exclamation, "Good grief," you are not alone. In today's podcast, I simply want to provide you with a 50-thousand-foot context for today's reading. Rather than rehash the gory details of the st...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Sampson's story ends with the bitter consequences of sin. However, God honors the repentance of His servant. The story of Jonathan and the tribe of Dan allows us to chew on our own zealousness for the word of God. Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Jephthah walks by faith and orders his life according to Bible literacy. He also stumbles by obligating himself to a foolish vow because of Bible illiteracy.  Sampson endures the consequences of the sin of others. He is a sinner himself. Yet God uses his tragedy and his issuing hatred to begin delivering Israel...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Jotham's curse against Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem is fulfilled. God administers the terms of His covenant with Israel by heaping His promised curses upon them.  However, God also honors the terms of His promised blessings. When Israel repents, God is grieved by the misery of His curses on the people...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: The Lord whittles down Gideon's army in an attempt to win the hearts of His covenant people. After Gideon's war victory...which was quite impressive...errr...it was the Lord's victory, the people beg Gideon to rule over them. The result was a deplorable image that became a snare to Gideon and h...

APRIL 1, DAY 91 In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: Shamgar kills 600 Philistines with an ox goad, and that is pretty much all we know about the guy!  Deborah, a prophetess, judges Israel. She pleads with Barak to be a man, but...well...he shrank in a moment he should have burst forth! AND...remember the treaty Israel made with the Amorites,...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: Israel submits to the Lord's leadership after Joshua's death. However, Dan allows the Amorites a land with borders among their inheritance. Um...this is not good. God pronounces judgment on Israel for this failure, and tells them future things. The gods of the Canaanites will be a snare to them. Finally, Israel fa...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: Israel submits to the Lord's leadership after Joshua's death. However, Dan allows the Amorites a land with borders among their inheritance. Um...this is not good. God pronounces judgment on Israel for this failure, and tells them future things. The gods of the Canaanites will be a snare to them. Finally, Israel fa...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: War is over for the moment. Joshua reminds the Reubenites, Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh to hold fast to the Lord. They will be separated from the rest of Israel by land, but not by covenant. These tribes build an impressive altar. It causes a conflict, but in the end, the Reubenites, Gadites,...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: War is over for the moment. Joshua reminds the Reubenites, Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh to hold fast to the Lord. They will be separated from the rest of Israel by land, but not by covenant. These tribes build an impressive altar. It causes a conflict, but in the end, the Reubenites, Gadites,...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: Joshua receives his inheritance not from the casting of the lot, but as a member of the tribe of Ephraim, his given a city from the hand of Israel. Israel appoints six cities of refuge as God commanded. Israel also provides cities and common lands for the Levites. AND...Scripture confirms that not a word f...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: Joshua receives his inheritance not from the casting of the lot, but as a member of the tribe of Ephraim, his given a city from the hand of Israel. Israel appoints six cities of refuge as God commanded. Israel also provides cities and common lands for the Levites. AND...Scripture confirms that not a word from the...

In today's reading of Tyndale's OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: Seven tribes still have neglected to possess the land God promised them! After setting up the tabernacle at Shiloh, it seems that these tribes were being complacent. AND...Simeon must share their inheritance with Judah. God is fulfilling what He decreed through Jacob's blessing on them. Let's dive...

In today's reading of the OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: Judah could not drive out the Jebusites, Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, and Manasseh could not drive out the Canaanites in their cities. The daughters of Zelophehad made a godly plea before Eleazar the priest, Joshua, and the elders. And Joshua reminds Ephraim and Manasseh that only the...

In today's reading of the OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: JOSHUA IS OLD AND ALTHOUGH ISRAEL'S ARMIES HAVE DEFEATED MANY KINGS IN THE LAND, THERE REMAINS OTHER CANAANITE NATIONS TO CONQUER. GOD PROMISES TO DRIVE THESE NATIONS OUT AS HE HAS OTHERS, BUT IT IS TIME FOR JOSHUA TO GIVE ISRAEL THEIR INHERITANCE. EACH TRIBE WILL INHERIT THE BOUNDARY LINES OF THEIR LANDS ACCORD...

MARCH 25, DAY 84In today's reading of the OYCSB with featured content written by the CBT team: Five Amorite kings test Israel's treaty with Gibeon. The land rests from war after Joshua takes the land according to all the Lord had said to Moses. The Lord fights for Israel! Let's dive into today's reading!