1. עכור - And Joshua said, “Why did you bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel stoned him with stones. They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones. And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor. JOSHUA 7:25–26
  2. Today on the Almanac, we remember August Hermann Francke and his remarkable work in Halle.
  3. Dr. Paulson looks at Romans 10 to explain submission and righteousness.
  4. חרם - And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city. And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent." JOSHUA 6:16–17
  5. Today on the Almanac, we head to the mailbag for a few common questions.
  6. שׂר
  7. Today on the Almanac, we remember the founding of the YMCA in 1844 and its cultural impact.
  8. גלל - When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day. JOSHUA 5:8–9
  9. Today on the Almanac, we head back to 988 to remember the baptism of Vladimir the Great and the Christianization of the Rus.
  10. גלל - When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day. JOSHUA 5:8–9