In this Preview Weekend Chapel message, Rev. Josh Carson preaches a sobering and visionary sermon titled “The Problem with Pisgah.” Drawing from Deuteronomy’s account of Moses viewing the Promise Land from Mount Pisgah, Pastor Carson challenges listeners to consider the cost of unrealized promise.

As President of Indiana Bible College and Pastor of Calvary Tabernacle, Rev. Carson speaks with pastoral conviction and apostolic clarity. Reflecting on Moses’ final vantage point, he delivers a striking reminder: “The problem with Pisgah is it only shows you what could have been.”

This message calls students and Previewers to move beyond proximity to promise and into full obedience, faithfulness, and completion of God’s calling. Pisgah represents vision without possession—a glimpse without inheritance. The charge is clear: do not settle for seeing what might have been when God intends fulfillment.

Key Themes:

Obedience and its eternal consequences

Vision versus possession

Faithfulness to God’s calling

Finishing well

We pray this message challenges you to pursue the fullness of God’s promise and to live in such a way that you never have to stand at your own Pisgah.