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In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),   Achan's sin is attributed to the entire congregation of Israel. Joshua renews the covenant with the Lord after the fall of Ai. And, the Gibeonites succeed with a bit of shrewdness!

 In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Joshua prepares the people, priests and Levites to carry the ark of the covenant across the Jordan river. God prepares Joshua to lead the nation across the Jordan. Joshua prepares the men for the war they will face on the other side of the Jordan. AND, the city of Jericho is the first Canaanite city to experien...

 In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Moses blesses Israel. Each tribe, except one is mentioned in the blessing. We will look at that. It is VERY interesting! Moses dies and leadership is transferred to Joshua. And, a Canaanite family, on whom God had already pronounced judgment is promised redemption. This redemption is promised because of the fai...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  God dictates a song for future generations of Israelites who will reject Him. God is good. He provides an everlasting testimony to His good provisions and man's struggle to acknowledge Him for them. The song God dictates will aid Israel in future repentance.  The song of prayer Moses records from his heart will...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team),  Israel's response to God's past actions--His words, deeds, and revelations--have shockingly not penetrated the hearts, ears, and eyes of the people. God's present acts will have no effect either. Still, God speaks, acts, and reveals so that His covenant people may choose to obey Him. Because of all God provides...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), God declares additional terms for His covenant with Israel. The second generation of Israelites must be careful to reflect on all they have seen and heard. They must correctly interpret the years in the wilderness as judgment. Yet, they must believe that God desires to bless and flourish them. God provides a dis...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), God's law reveals His character. God teaches Israel about His righteousness and wrath; about man's faith and wickedness. God requires Israel to define His holiness as He reveals it. They must believe what God makes known by faith. They must order their lives accordingly! Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joe...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Until the Messiah comes, Israel must administer God's justice among the covenant community and in the midst of other nations. Israel--living under and bearing the law of God given through Moses--will prove to the world that God is good and His word is true. When the Messiah comes, He will mediate God's covenant...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Moses begins with a warning about false prophets. I will remind you that who you allow to teach you is one of the most important decisions you will make! Moses warns Israel to mourn properly, eat properly, tithe properly, lend properly, and help the poor properly. Finally, Israel is instructed to observe the fea...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), The second generation of liberated Hebrews must remember that the terms of their covenant with God, the Ten Commandments, rest in the Lord's presence in the ark of the covenant. Moses reminds them they must not forget the tribe of Levi. They have no inheritance with their brethren. The Levites will minister...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Moses commands Israel to believe a preeminent truth: The Lord their God is one. They must love the Lord with all their hearts, with all their souls, and with all their strength. Moses also reminds the new nation that they must completely remove the Canaanites from the land the Lord is giving them. Finally, Moses...

 In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Moses reminds Israel's next generation of God's crucial acts among them: Joshua has witnessed the power of Creator God fighting for Israel's army. He is not to fear the Canaanites...or any nation for that matter. Joshua will lead the people to take the land of promise. Moses' response to the fir...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Moses tells the story of Israel's forty-year wilderness journey. This second generation of Israelites must understand how God is preparing them to cross the Jordan to possess the land God swore to their forefathers. Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), God teaches Israel to administer justice when a person is killed. God also responds to a special inquiry. Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Some decisions God dictates. At other times, God is pleased to allow His servants to steward their own choices. He administers both opportunities for His people at different times. Through choices--ones He dictates and ones over which He gives us stewardship--God teaches His people to obey. Let’s dive into today...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), The vows man makes are not only heard by God but attended to by God. No covenant member is allowed to carelessly make idle vows to the Lord. God's covenant members must have integrity in their words. He is using them to steward His redemption plan. They will both administer His wrath and His blessing. Their word...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), We learn that the inheritance God provides for every family of Israel is important. Women are not inferior in God's community. Leadership in God's kingdom is built on submissive roles. God prescribes special sacrifices intended for the benefit of the entire nation. The picture of God's redemptive promise--the sh...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Balaam advises Balak in a scheme to bring God's wrath on the people He blesses. God's blessing is never a license for sin. His blessing is a call to obedience. Obedience is the boundary line for blessing. Phinehas demonstrates a zealousness for the righteousness of God. His story teaches us how obedience pleases...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Balaam struggles with the incentive of a big payday! His story teaches us about the destructive results of God's servant attempting to straddle the fence. Man cannot serve both God and riches. God uses messy, broken people to accomplish His purpose. He is always working on multiple levels--acting in multi-layere...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), God provides a way for Israel to navigate the overwhelming number of deaths among them in the wilderness. Moses and Aaron’s rock incident teaches us valuable lessons in biblical leadership. Two seemingly obscure stories have great meaning in the context of the whole of Scripture. Edom and the bronze serpent will...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), God calls faithful believers to lead His covenant community. He defends them and provides for them. Israel experiences the administering of God’s pronounced judgment—everyone twenty years and older at Israel’s refusal to go into the Land of Promise will die in the wilderness. Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©20...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Israel stands between two opposing testimonies. Then spies testify that God is unfaithful to His word, Moses is a fraud, and death is certain. Joshua and Caleb testify that God will accomplish all He says, the land is just as God reported, and God’s presence is manifest among them. A complaining culture renders...

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), I have been so personally convicted that today's entire podcast is a devotional thought. I write it for myself and to myself. Do you need to listen along with me? Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joelstrahan

In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), God makes provisions for any covenant member to set themselves apart as holy unto the Lord. The Levites do not corner the holiness market. God's name is the seal of His covenant with Israel. God desires all nations to acknowledge His name and become covenant members. Let’s dive into today’s reading! ©2023joelstr...

If you have a question from today's reading, submit it to jstrahan@slaydenbaptist.com. Your question may be featured in an episode. In today’s reading of Tyndale’s OYCSB (with featured content written by the CBT team), Because God’s holiness must not be distorted, the Levites must handle the tabernacle and its furnishings according to God’s prescribed responsibilities. God reveals the value of a c...