Get Pastor Josh's Daily Devotional in your inbox.
January 9, 2017: Follow Jesus
Genesis 24, Psalm 9, Matthew 4:18-25, Acts 5:17-42 Matthew 4:18-25: Jesus calls Peter and Andrew with a simple and profound utterance: “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (4:19). They ...
Read More January 8, 2017: The Kingdom of Heaven
Genesis 21-23, Psalm 8, Matthew 4:12-17, Acts 5:1-16 Matthew 4:12-17: The arrest of John had some impact on Jesus, in that hearing of his arrest “he withdrew into Galilee” (4:12). Perhaps he withdrew ...
Read More January 7, 2017: Temptation
Today’s Bible Reading: Genesis 18-20, Psalm 7, Matthew 4:1-11, Acts 4:23-37Matthew 4:1-11: Jesus’ temptation functions at two levels for us. First, it tells us that Jesus was tempted in every way as we ...
Read More January 6, 2017: With Whom I Am Well Pleased
Today’s Bible Reading: Genesis 15-17, Psalm 6, Matthew 3:13-17, Acts 4:1-22Matthew 3:13-17:The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist is one of the most compelling and dramatic moments in the Gospel accounts. It has ...
Read More Why I Wrote "7 Days to Change Your Life"
Why another book? Because it isn’t just another book. 7 Days to Change Your Life represents two experiences in my personal life. One is wrestling with God over the challenges ...
Read More January 5, 2017: Spirit and Fire
Genesis 12-14, Psalm 5, Matthew 3:1-12, Acts 3 Matthew 3:1-12: “In those days John the Baptist”—so enters, in Matthew’s Gospel, this strange, extraordinary and great figure of biblical history: John the Baptist. He ...
Read More 
The Word Conference exists to celebrate, experience, and expand the proclamation of God’s Word by God’s Spirit to God’s glory in our contemporary age. Find fellowship, friendship, and encouragement in the task of teaching, preaching, and proclaiming the Bible.