Joshua

By: Dr. Bill Creasy

Narrated by: Dr. Bill Creasy

With Moses dead, Israel stands on the threshold of the Promised Land, looking to Joshua for leadership. Join Logos Bible Study as Dr. Bill Creasy takes us across the Jordan River and into the land of “milk and honey” in a brutal conquest - a campaign of extermination that raises profound moral and ethical questions in its day, as well as in ours.

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amazing and in-depth verse by verse Bible study...anyone interested in increasing their knowledge about Joshua and Old Covenant must read

Bible study

Fantastic Bible study! . It is a very in-depth study I have learned so much. Doctor Creasy helps you to understand the Bible and he makes it fun would highly recommend it

great

loved it. Greasy is wonderful and b rings m as ny insights to the bible.

the ending comments alone are worth the price

Like other Logos Bible Study audible books, this one has Dr. Creasy reading and commenting on scriptures. He uses history and archaeological findings to talk about certain events. He also addresses the violence, which can make the book of Joshua hard to read / understand. Dr. Creasy's ending comments link this OT book to the NT in a way I had not heard of before.

Easy work of a tough book

It's not an easy job to take people down the bloody book of Joshua and successfully out the other side, but Dr. Creasy did it. As always he brings in historical and scriptural context to help you better understand the book. He also brings in humor and modern day analogies.

He’s a good story teller.

I appreciate how descriptive the narrator is, but I found his comments about how he would act as a Jericho dweller unsettling. Specifically, he mentioned that he would have attacked the people of God at 2 a.m. while they were obeying God with circumcision. He related this to the biblical story of Jacob’s sons avenging their sister’s rape by tricking the men of Shechem into being circumcised and then slaughtering them while they were recovering.

While I understand the humor and cleverness in his analogy, it highlights the fallibility of man. It’s important to remember that the people he’s referring to were under God’s protection. As the Bible says, “When your ways please the Lord, even your enemies will be at peace with you.” The fear of the Israelites by their enemies is a testament to God’s protection.

Additionally, the example he used led to Levi and Simeon being cursed for their actions, suggesting that using one’s cleverness for such purposes can lead to negative consequences. Given that the narrator serves in a Levitical priesthood, this point feels particularly relevant and ironic.

Overall, while his approach was clever, it raises questions about the appropriateness of his analogies and the messages they convey.

home run....

once again he hits it out of the ball park!!! Bill Creasey explains the most complicated books, so that everyone can understand them.

I love these studies

I have grown so much in the word since stumbling over Dr Creasy's bible studies

Great lecture series

This was a great lecture series. There were only a couple of things I didn't really agree on, but overall it was a wonderful, interesting, and engaging.

Details

By giving cultural and historical context Creasy gives the characters life and brings you along as an observer to the story.
Referencing related scriptural texts provides evidence to support that scripture is a unified text.