Of all the places God could have planted His people — the fertile Nile, the rich plains of Mesopotamia — He chose a narrow, contested strip of land wedged between empires. Why?

In this episode, we explore the geography of Canaan: a land so compact you could walk across it in a few days, yet packed with more geographic diversity than regions ten times its size. From the coastal plain to the central hills to the Dead Sea — the lowest land elevation on earth — this land was built for dependence, exposure, and encounter.

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0:00 - Why there?

0:34 - What this series is about

1:10 - The space between empires

3:15 - A land of remarkable diversity

6:10 - Why this place? Position, dependence, exposure

9:24 - Many names, one land

10:24 - What's next

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Quick—tell me the story of the Old Testament. Not a story FROM the Old Testament. The story. The whole thing. If that's hard to answer, you're not alone.

Most of us know the pieces—David and Goliath, the Exodus, a talking donkey somewhere in the middle—but we've never seen how they fit together. Today, we fix that.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Tell me the story

0:37 - Intro

1:09 - The puzzle problem

2:49 - Four words that change everything

4:43 - The thread that holds it together

6:34 - Everything points forward

8:15 - Why this changes how you read

9:07 - What's next

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Think the oldest cities are in Europe? Think again. Jericho has been inhabited, conquered, and rebuilt for over 11,000 years—older than Stonehenge, older than the pyramids, older than widespread agriculture.

Most people only know Joshua 6, but this city appears throughout the Old Testament at every major transition point: Balaam's blessing, the conquest, Ehud's assassination of Eglon, David's humiliated ambassadors, Hiel's curse, and Elijah's departure.

Let's explore the city that won't stay dead.

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