Picking up after the death of Moses, Joshua narrates the Israelites’ takeover of Canaan after their forty-year wandering in the wilderness. Through their military campaigns, the Israelites would serve as the instrument of God’s judgment upon the Canaanites for their sins, as well as the demonstration of God’s purposes to give the land to Abraham’s descendants (cf. Deut. 9:4-5).
We don’t merely want our children to behave well. We don’t simply want them to memorize Bible verses, learn the right answers, or become respectable members of the church. We want them to know Christ.
Coming in at only 120 pages, with a conversational tone throughout, the book makes for a low barrier-to-entry for those who might otherwise have hesitations. Accessible. Casual. Readable. These characteristics make the book ready to hand out to the young people in your life who want to begin thinking rightly about their future in a culture that has all but forfeited any such reliability.