We have good news to proclaim. We need to return the name of Jesus, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords to our lips. We need to do it in loving witness to what matters most. We need to rehearse our story, to immerse ourselves in the Word of God so those words come readily to us. We need to engage worship more often and more robustly than ever before that we might strengthen each other as we defy this culture and say to the lies that ‘there is a better way’. If we choose this day and each day to serve the Lord, He will make His appeal through us and citizen by citizen our collective faiths, the aggregate of all of those in Christ, can change the culture.
Remember Who You Are
July 3, 2022 • Barry Phillips
More from
Joshua: Faithing Courageously
Sitting on Sin
June 26, 2022 • Gerrit Dawson • Joshua 7:10–21
We depend on each other more than we ever know. Every choice matters. Whether in public or in secret. We can rip away at the fabric of community, or we can strengthen it, build it and grow it for Jesus’ sake. Achan discovered how interconnected we are, especially as God’s people. He ended up sitting on a pile of sin he didn’t really even want. He thought he was a private individual whose choices made no difference to any but himself. Achan did not see how burying stolen stuff under his tent compromised the whole mission of God through his people.
Spiritual Grip
June 19, 2022 • Gerrit Dawson • Joshua 6:12–21
We have a gospel to proclaim. We need to return the name of Jesus to our lips and bring God back into our conversations. To break the spell. Not in anger but in loving witness to what matters most to us. We need to rehearse our story, to immerse ourselves in the Word of God so those words come readily to us. We need to engage worship more robustly and regularly than ever before so that we can strengthen each other as we defy the witch’s spell. We need to say to the lies, “That’s just not so. There is a better way.” The walls of Jericho fell by the power of the Spirit enacted through the obedient faithfulness of a worshipping people. People of God, let’s speak and enact the Word of God so that the world might live!
The Power in the Pause
June 12, 2022 • Gerrit Dawson • Joshua 5
Joshua 5 seems like bizarre military strategy. But God means us to see that the victory belongs to him alone. We enter covenant with him, even though it’s a wounding and a dying to self. We adjust our lives to God’s rhythm through his church. We look not first to culture and its baiting of us to hate each other, but to the commander who is the LORD and follow his call into Christ’s mission.