Joshua was to lead God's people to conquer Jericho in the most absurd way. The story of Israel's entry into the Promised Land tells us that True Faith recognizes God's voice and is obedient. The conquest of Jericho requires the annihilation of all its citizens which is quite different than Islam's jihad.

1 Thessalonians 4 gives the Christian God's expectations of sexual purity and vv. 5-8 gives us five motivators for living a sexually pure life.

Paul identifies and repeats instruction on living a life that is pleasing to God beginning with sexual immorality. His instruction to Christians is that holiness and honor needs to be the goal of the Christian so that his life will be attractive to God.

Based on the devotional Everyday Gospel, Revelation 12 describes a pivotal moment in human history and details prophetically the Christmas story's initiation of Satan's defeat while underscoring the great generosity of God.

The heart of Christmas begins with seeing Jesus Christ in all of biblical history. The Bible is the redemptive biography of Jesus Christ. Based on the devotional "Everyday Christmas", this message speaks of the purpose of the manger and the glory of Christ often overlooked at the manger.

According to Luke 2, the shepherds were amazed by the angelic announcement and the glory of God that shone around them. According to John, the glory of Christ is seen in his grace and truth. We know of God's glory and yet we so often engage in a glory war: our glory over God's.

Though at times we see God working, most of the time God's activity is accomplished in the shadows of life: God quietly works in the midst of even our adverse situations to accomplish his will just as he did with Esther and Ruth. This message takes directly from the writings of Dr. Paul Tripp's devotional Everyday Gospel - Christmas Devotional (Dec. 3,4.5 & 6) compiled to demonstrate the providence of God whether obviously or in the shadow of our experiences.

Advent takes us to our origins and displays the sweet mercy of God promised from the very beginning of human history in a glorious and generous way.

The power of love is so overwhelming that it makes us do things that are otherwise impossible. In 1 Thessalonians 3, Paul explains seven ways in which the power of love impacts the Christian and Christ's church.