Joshua: A 12-Week Study

By Trent Hunter, General Editor J. I. Packer, Series edited by Dane Ortlund, Lane T. Dennis

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The Knowing the Bible series is a resource designed to help Bible readers better understand and apply God’s Word. These 12-week studies lead participants through books of the Bible and are made up of four basic components: (1) reflection questions help readers engage the text at a deeper level; (2) “Gospel Glimpses” highlight the gospel of grace throughout the book; (3) “Whole-Bible Connections” show how any given passage connects to the Bible’s overarching story of redemption, culminating in Christ; and (4) “Theological Soundings” identify how historic orthodox doctrines are taught or reinforced throughout Scripture. With contributions from an array of influential pastors and church leaders, these gospel-centered studies will help Christians see and cherish the message of God’s grace on every page of the Bible.

The book of Joshua records a key period in the outworking of God’s plan to redeem his people from slavery in Egypt. At God’s command and under Joshua’s leadership, the nation of Israel invaded Canaan—the land God had promised his people. In this study, pastor Trent Hunter offers readers rich insights into the book’s overarching story of salvation and the ultimate rest offered to all who trust in Christ for salvation— helping them apply its message to their lives today.

Part of the Knowing the Bible series.

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Author:

Trent Hunter

Trent Hunter (MDiv, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as the pastor of preaching and teaching at Heritage Bible Church in Greer, South Carolina. He is a contributor for the Gospel Coalition, 9Marks, and Matthias Media, and an instructor for the Simeon Trust workshops on biblical exposition. He lives with his wife, Kristi, in Greer, South Carolina, with their five children. His writing and preaching can be found at TrentHunter.net.

Product Details

Category: Bible Studies & Devotionals
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 96
Size: 6.0 in x 9.0 in
Weight: 5.87 ounces
ISBN-10: 1-4335-4912-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-4912-0
ISBN-UPC: 9781433549120
Case Quantity: 50
Published: July 31, 2016

Table of Contents

Series Preface: J. I. Packer and Lane T. Dennis

Week 1: Overview
Week 2: An Old Promise, a New Leader (1:1-18)
Week 3: Sending in the Spies, Finding a Surprise (2:1-24)
Week 4: Crossing the Jordan, Getting Right with God (3:1-5:15)
Week 5: A Foolish Plan, a Decisive Outcome (6:1-27)
Week 6: Two Piles of Stones, One Crucial Lesson (7:1-8:35)
Week 7: Taking More Land, Hanging More Kings (9:1-12:24)
Week 8: Putting Down Roots, Receiving God's Inheritance (13:1-19:51)
Week 9: Cities for Justice, People for Worship (20:1-21:45)
Week 10: An Altar of Remembrance, an Unforgettable Altercation (22:1-34)
Week 11: Joshua Dies in the Land, the Promise of Rest Lives On (23:1-24:33)
Week 12: Summary and Conclusion

Endorsements

“This Knowing the Bible series is a tremendous resource for those wanting to study and teach the Bible with an understanding of how the gospel is woven throughout Scripture. Here are Gospel-minded pastors and scholars doing Gospel business from all the scriptures—this is a biblical and theological feast preparing God’s people to apply the entire Bible to all of life with heart and mind wholly committed to Christ’s priorities.”
Bryan Chapell, Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church in America

“Mark Twain may have smiled when he wrote to a friend, “I didn’t have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long letter.” But the truth of Twain’s remark remains serious and universal, because well-reasoned, compact writing requires extra time and extra hard work. And this is what we have in the Crossway Bible study series Knowing the Bible—as the skilled authors and notable editors provide the contours of each book of the Bible as well as the grand theological themes that bind them together as one Book. Here, in a 12-week format, are carefully wrought studies that will ignite the mind and the heart.”
R. Kent HughesSenior Pastor Emeritus, College Church, Wheaton, Illinois

Knowing the Bible brings together a gifted team of Bible teachers to produce a high quality series of study guides. The coordinated focus of these materials is unique: biblical content, provocative questions, systematic theology, practical application, and the gospel story of God’s grace presented all the way through Scripture.”
Philip Graham Ryken, President, Wheaton College

“These Knowing the Bible volumes introduce a significant and very welcome variation on the general run of inductive Bible studies. Such series often provide questions with little guidance, leaving students to their own devices. They thus tend to overlook the role of teaching in the church. By contrast, Knowing the Bible avoids the problem by providing substantial instruction with the questions. Knowing the Bible then goes even further by showing how any given passage connects with the gospel, the whole Bible, and Christian theology. I heartily endorse this orientation of individual books to the whole Bible and the gospel, and I applaud the demonstration that sound theology was not something invented later by Christians, but is right there in the pages of Scripture.”
Graeme Goldsworthy, Former Lecturer in Old Testament, Biblical Theology, and Hermeneutics, Moore Theological College

“What a gift to earnest, Bible-loving, Bible-searching believers! The organization and structure of the Bible study format presented through the Knowing the Bible series is so well conceived. Students of the Word are led to understand the content of passages through perceptive, guided questions, and they are given rich insights and application all along the way in the brief but illuminating sections that conclude each study. What potential growth in depth and breadth of understanding these studies offer. One can only pray that vast numbers of believers will discover more of God and the beauty of his Word through these rich studies.”
Bruce A. Ware, T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary