The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 88: Joshua's Last Words to Israel (2025)
29 Mar 2025
Fr. Mike focuses on the last words Joshua speaks to the people of Israel, and how he calls them to choose the Lord above all other things. We all have idols in our lives that take us away from God; how are we choosing to love Christ above these idols today? Today's readings are Joshua 22-24, and Psalm 132. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 88. It is the last day.
we are reading from the book of joshua we're reading uh joshua chapter 22 23 and 24. we're also praying psalm 132 as always i am reading from the revised standard version second catholic edition and i'm using the great adventure bible from ascension if you want to download your own bible in a year reading plan to follow along with us prepare your day to know what you're going to be reading or hearing from you can visit ascensionpress.com bible in a year if you did that you would know that tomorrow we're starting the book of judges
and the book of Ruth. So we're kind of taking a turn in the sense of turning back to what we haven't done for maybe the last eight days or so, which is having multiple books proclaimed to us, multiple books read to us. In the next four days, starting tomorrow, we're reading through Ruth chapter one through chapter four, one chapter a day, following her story, as well as Judges, as I said.
Today is the last day of Joshua, and we're finding what happens at the very end of his time serving the people of Israel and serving the Lord and helping the people become, as prepared as they possibly can be to dwell in the promised land. If you want to subscribe to your podcast, you can do that. And that would be helpful for all of us involved in this whole thing.
Without anything further, once again, it is day 88. We're reading Joshua chapter 22, 23 and 24 and Psalm 132. The book of Joshua chapter 22, the Eastern tribes return. Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh and said to them, You have kept all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I have commanded you.
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