LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Matthew 25:1-13, Jesus shares a parable about ten young women who were waiting for a bridegroom to arrive for a wedding celebration. In the culture of that time, weddings were joyous occasions that often lasted for days, and the bridegroom would come to collect his bride at an unexpected hour. The bridesmaids had an important
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Matthew 13:44-46, Jesus offers two brief but profound parables to help his followers grasp the surpassing worth of God’s kingdom. In the first, a man working in a field unexpectedly uncovers a hidden treasure. Overwhelmed with joy at what he has found, he buries it again, goes home, and sells every possession he owns in
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 14:5-15; 15:13-15; and 21:43-45, we see God faithfully fulfilling His promises to His people as they settle into the land He had given them. After many years of waiting, Caleb reminds Joshua of a promise made to him decades earlier when he trusted God as a young spy. Even at eighty-five years old, Caleb
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 9:1-10:15, the people of God were in the middle of taking possession of the land He had promised them. After great victories at Jericho and Ai, word spread throughout Canaan about the power of Israel’s God, and fear gripped every nation in the land. While some kings banded together to fight against Israel, the
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 6:18-19, before the Israelites ever entered the city of Jericho, God gave a very clear command: everything of value inside that city belonged to Him. The gold, silver, and all precious items were to be placed in God’s treasury. They were set apart and holy to the Lord. When the walls came down and
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 5, something remarkable happens before a single soldier takes a step toward Jericho. Joshua encounters a mysterious man standing with a drawn sword. When Joshua asks whose side the man is on, the answer is neither Joshua’s nor the enemy’s, but the Lord’s. Joshua immediately falls facedown in worship and is told he is
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 3-4, the people of Israel had spent forty years wandering in the wilderness, and the moment to enter the Promised Land had finally arrived. There was just one problem standing in their way: the Jordan River. It was harvest season, which meant the river was overflowing its banks, running fast and deep. God gave
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 1-2, God’s people had spent forty years wandering through the wilderness, and now the time had finally come for them to enter the land God had promised them. Under the leadership of Joshua, the Israelites camped along the east bank of the Jordan River, just across from the fortified city of Jericho. Before any
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Numbers 27:12-23 and Deuteronomy 31:1-8, we find the account of God’s final instructions to Moses and the transition of leadership to Joshua. God reminded Moses he would not be permitted to enter the Promised Land, a consequence of an earlier act of disobedience when Moses struck a rock instead of speaking to it as God
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In John 3:16, we find the heart of the entire Christian faith captured in a single verse. God, who created all things and loves all people, looked upon a world broken by sin and chose not to leave it that way. He sent His only Son, Jesus, into the world to live a perfect life and
