Sermon Texts:

Joshua 7:1-26

Philippians 3:4-9

Today’s sermon looks at the disturbing episode of Achan and the sin that led to his stoning. This also leads to an examination of corporate and individual sin giving us an opportunity to set these lessons in our own time by discussing systemic societal issues. We continue to examine issues of identity and how Joshua challenges ideas of who is us and who is them by comparing the story of Achan with Rahab. In the end we conclude with how this leads to Jesus and Paul’s thoughts about issues of identity and some practical ways we can live these lessons out in our community.