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Joshua 2:1-24

This sermon examines the story of Rahab and how her story subverts the narrative established in Joshua chapter 1 of obedience and unity. The story of Rahab in Joshua 2 is an incredible piece of literature in which the most non-Israelite imaginable, a Canaanite, a woman, and a prostitute, becomes the hero of this story. It would have been shocking to its ancient audience. We recover the shocking nature of this story and see what it has to tell us about issues of God and identity.