Joshua: No Falling Words by Dale Ralph Davis

I joined a Bible study group a while back that was studying Deuteronomy. After that, we’ve just kept on going through Joshua. For the Joshua study, we used Joshua: No Falling Words by Dale Ralph Davis to help guide us through the text.

I learned about Davis’s commentaries through Ligonier Ministries, which has recommendations for the best commentaries on each book of the Bible. We haven’t been disappointed.

In Joshua: No Falling Words, Davis helps the reader understand that even passages in the Bible that describe the metes and bounds of land can help us see the truth that “Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.” Joshua is not just a historical book, it is a book encouraging God’s people that He was fulfilling His promises to His people as they conquered the Promised Land. It is also a book of prophecy extending those promises to each new generation of His people. That includes us today.

As a people who are trying to fill God’s kingdom–the entire earth–with faithful subjects (the same job the Israelites under Joshua were tasked to), the book of Joshua helps us see how through Christ’s work and God’s faithfulness we will succeed. Davis’ book is a great help in clearly seeing God’s faithfulness on display in Joshua.