2011年7月28日 · The book of Joshua presents most readers with a troubling question: how can a God of love command his followers to destroy an entire nation of people? The Canaanites had lived in their land for centuries before Joshua and his people came to claim it for themselves. While some in Canaan fought against God's people and were destroyed as a result (cf. the battle of Ai, 8:14ff), others did not ...

2025年3月25日 · Making a covenant with the Canaanites. When I encounter unbiblical immorality in our broken culture, my first response should not be to condemn those who produce it but to pray for them. The actors and actresses who appear nude are misusing sexuality intended for their wives and husbands (Genesis 2:24–25).

2022年7月25日 · Valeria Yezhova is a ten-year-old Ukrainian girl—and European and world champion checkers player—making headlines for playing checkers to raise money for the Ukrainian army. In The Daily Article for July 25, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison shares her encouraging story before discussing the example of the Israelites failing to fully drive out the Canaanites in Joshua 16 and what this means for ...

2013年10月31日 · Second, the Canaanites lived in wicked rebellion against the will and purposes of God.Moses warned his people about them: “Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or …

2011年10月29日 · The Canaanites used pig bones as amulets to confer protection from the spirits. (Archaeologists have unearthed a tomb containing up to 2000 Jewish soldiers killed by Assyrians or Babylonians; pig bones were scattered on their remains to desecrate them and prove the superiority of their pagan gods to the Hebrews’ god.)

2018年8月3日 · The Lord also left Canaanites in the land to show Israel her continued need to depend on his protection and provision. God told his people, “I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, ‘I will not listen'” (Jeremiah 22:21). Our Father wants us to see temptation as an opportunity to seek his help and experience his victory.

2013年6月4日 · First, Old Testament prohibitions against intermarriage were based on religion, not race (see Joshua 23:12-13; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 10:30; 13:23-30). For instance, Deuteronomy 7 warned the Jews regarding the Canaanites: “Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons” (v. 3).

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2021年1月15日 · However, I continue to see questions about the acceptability of such violence as a means to an end. Commentators have compared the Capitol Hill riot to the American revolution. Our ministry has been asked about the Jewish conquest of Jericho and the Canaanites and about Jesus’ driving money-changers from the temple area.

2014年6月19日 · Twenty years ago last Tuesday, 95 million TV viewers (a third of America's population) watched O. J. Simpson flee police in a white Ford Bronco. The 16-month-long media event that followed transformed news coverage forever. In those days, CNN was the only 24/7 cable news channel, but Fox News and MSNBC soon followed, as did "reality" television. A media professor notes that the chase was a ...