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What happens after sin and spiritually failure? God wants to restore his people to fellowship and spiritual victory! What does that process look like? What is the road to restoration and how do we travel it? Joshua 8 provides for us a template.   SCRIPTURE READING: Joshua 8:1-8, 30-35

As we see the Lord giving Joshua and Israel victory over Jericho, we learn about the deeper battle of our obedience to the Lord and how that battle belongs to Jesus. Scripture Reading: Joshua 6:6–27

The Bible does not answer all our questions. That can be a challenge for many. And yet, a strange encounter from the life of Joshua demonstrates that not only can we have faith in the midst of mystery, but our faith can be emboldened because of what we do know.  Scripture Reading: Joshua 5:13-6:5

In Psalm 96 we see God's joyful and passionate commitment to the world and we're reminded that Gospel is not for us alone, but for people from every nation. Because God is committed to the spread of his glory and the good news of his salvation in Jesus, we must be too!     SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 96

Too often, God's people forget his lovingkindness towards them.  God's promises are for his people—and God is faithful to his promises.  This message is a call to remember God's past faithfulness in order to rely on him today and trust him for tomorrow.   Scripture Reading: Joshua 4:19-24

In this week's study, God fulfills His long promise to deliver the Israelites into the Promised Land. In this spectacle, He tells the people the same encouragement He tells us today which should build our faith and stir our hearts: Follow me, and I will be with you. Scripture Reading: Joshua 3:1-13

The short story of Rahab's protection of the spies in Jericho has far reaching impacts across the larger narrative of the Bible. God chooses a prostitute to accomplish His purposes not only in the Promised Land but also in the redemption of the world. Scripture Reading: Joshua 2:1-24

We made it! Our life of Joshua series has finally brought us to the book bearing Joshua's name! As we begin the account of Joshua leading Israel into the promised land, we see God's repeated command for him to "be strong and courageous." Today we dive into that story and connect it to our lives today, seeing what it looks like for us to be strong and courageous as we follow Jesus, the true and bet...

Deuteronomy 34 is a passage tinged with sadness and great expectation as Moses dies and Joshua becomes the next leader of God's people. It's a passage filled with leadership learnings for both older and younger leaders.   SCRIPTURE READING: Deuteronomy 34

We continue our study of "The Life of Joshua" with a look at Deuteronomy 31 where the leadership transition between Moses and Joshua has now begun.  Here we discover that God's resources for Joshua as leader then are still God's resources for us as leaders today.    SCRIPTURE READING - Deuteronomy 31:1-15

We continue our series, "The Life of Joshua", with a look at the commissioning of Joshua in Numbers 27, where, once again, we learn vital truths about Godly leadership.   SCRIPTURE READING: Numbers 27:12-23 

SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 1:10-31

On this fourth Sunday of Advent, we consider the great love of God in the wonder of Christmas.  SCRIPTURE READING: 1 John 4:7-11

This Advent season we're looking at what Christmas reveals about who God is. Today we explore the generosity of God in giving His Son, Jesus. SCRIPTURE READING: Romans 8:28-37

This Advent season we're reflecting on what the Christmas story reveals about God. In this message, we consider a God who humbles himself and we explore why. SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 1:26-38

When the stuff of life hits, where do you turn? This message reminds us of God's abiding & incarnational presence in the midst of life's tough circumstances—God is with us & he is for us in all of life's situations. Scripture Reading: Psalm 46:1-11

Numbers 11 gives us window into the burden and challenge of leadership.  As Joshua looks into the window, we look in with him as we continue our study of "The Life of Joshua."     SCRIPTURE READING:  Numbers 11:4-6, 10 - 31

What do we do when we sin big?  When we're feeling far from God?  When our hearts are cold toward the things of the Lord?  When we're spiritual stuck?  Join us as we learn together with Joshua through what happens in Exodus 33.     SCRIPTURE READING: Exodus 33:1-14

In Exodus 24, Joshua climbs the mountain of God as Moses' assistant.  It's another formative moment in Joshua's training as a man whom God will use.    SCRIPTURE READING:   Exodus 24:1-18