In crossing the Jordan, God had done amazing things through Israel and had prepared them for miraculous things ahead. But one more thing needed to be done. Before Joshua and Israel could engage in the conquest of the land, they needed to renew their commitment to God. Do you want to be used by God […]

Paul’s letters to the church at Corinth were filled with tough love (necessarily so), but he started off with wonderful assurance. The Corinthians had answered the call of Christ, and Jesus’ call gave them a new identity and a new destiny. Jesus calls us and Jesus keeps us!

When it came time for Israel to enter the Promised Land, they faced an impossible difficulty in the form of the Jordan river. Yet what is impossible for man is possible with God! Israel would not be able to walk in God’s promise without God’s power…and that was exactly what God was about to give. […]

As Paul closes his letter to the Romans, he warns the church not to get distracted from the gospel, because everything we have in God is because of the gospel.

Perhaps the last person someone might expect to have a true fear of the Living God would be a Gentile prostitute in a pagan land. Yet that is exact what is seen in Rahab. She acts in faith, she confesses her faith, and she helps even the Hebrews declare their own faith in God and […]

It’s tempting to skim over this list of 27 names, thinking that it’s all insignificant. Don’t do it! Just because your service isn’t known doesn’t mean it isn’t significant to God. God uses all of His children for His glory.

With the torch of leadership passed to Joshua, the question was: would he be able to finish what had begun under Moses? What Joshua needed was faith to be strong, and the strength to have faith. What Joshua needed was total dependence upon the Lord! So do we. Christian, take your courage in Christ!

As Moses gives his last words to the nation of Israel, a wonderful truth is seen: God loves His people! Despite knowing how they had sinned in the past and how they would sin in the future, God loved them. God loves us, in spite of us, all because of Jesus.

Because the God of hope has saved us through the gospel of hope, we rejoice in Jesus and selflessly receive other Christians as Jesus received us.

God knew that Israel would sin, and He wanted them to know that He knew. Why? Because knowing our weaknesses causes us to cling closer to God and His grace!