Don’t Trust the Bread
The Gibeonites showed up with moldy bread, worn-out sandals, and a convincing story about traveling from far away. Israel's leaders asked the right questions, inspected all the evidence, and still signed a covenant God never authorized. In Joshua 9, Brad Kirby shows how spiritual carelessness rarely looks like rebellion. It looks like a reasonable decision made without prayer, and even in the wreckage of that mistake, God's mercy turns out to be bigger than the worst thing it produced.
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When God Calls Timeout
In the middle of a military campaign, Joshua stops everything and leads the entire nation 20 miles out of the way to a valley between two mountains. They still have a conquest to finish, but something more important is waiting. In Joshua 8:30–35, Brad Kirby shows why this unexpected pause is not a detour from the story of Joshua but the point of it. What Israel discovered between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim is what every follower of Jesus still needs: victory is sustained not by strength or strategy, but by continual dependence upon God.
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A Fresh Start
Israel walked away from their first battle at Ai in shame, thirty-six men dead and the city still standing. God's response isn't a lecture. It's a battle plan, a fresh assignment, and the same promise He made before any of it went wrong. In Joshua 8, Josh Fortney traces what unfolds when Joshua stops presuming on his own strength and actually follows where God leads, and why every victory God provides is designed to point us somewhere far greater than the battle itself.
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Nothing Stays Buried
One man takes what God set apart, buries it in his tent, and says nothing. Before Joshua even knows what has happened, thirty-six men are dead and an entire nation is asking what went wrong. Brad Kirby, Josh Fortney, and David Leventhal open Joshua 7 in a candid roundtable conversation, tracing how hidden sin breaks covenant, how overconfidence silently replaces dependence on God, and why his correction is always an act of love. The valley of trouble is not the last word.
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Inside Out Weekend
The whole church gathered outside, and Brad Kirby asked everyone to go quiet and listen to the sounds of the city around them. At the empty tomb on the first Easter morning, the angel didn't just say "tell the disciples." He said "and Peter," calling out by name the one who had denied Jesus three times just days before. In this message, Brad Kirby opens Mark 16:7 and shows why those two overlooked words carry the whole gospel and a pep talk for every person who has ever felt like they've blown it. If you've been sitting comfortable inside while the city waits on the outside, this one is for you.
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God Speaks, His People Walk, and God Wins
Israel stands outside the walls of Jericho, and God's battle plan is to walk in circles in silence. For six days, nothing changes: no cracks, no progress, no sign the walls are going anywhere. In Joshua 6, Brad Kirby traces the pattern underneath it all: God speaks His promises before anything visibly moves, His people walk in faithful obedience, and God wins a victory that only He could win. This message is for anyone whose obedience has felt routine lately, and whose walls are still standing.
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The Commander
Joshua is standing alone in the no man's land outside Jericho when a stranger appears with a sword already drawn, and his question about whose side the man is on turns out to be exactly the wrong question. Most of us approach God the same way, hoping He'll confirm what we've already decided rather than actually commanding us. David Leventhal walks through Joshua 5:13–15 and shows how one encounter in three verses reframes everything: the sword was drawn before Joshua arrived, the army was already assembled, and Joshua's job was never to launch the campaign but to take his place inside one already in motion. The question God is still asking today is the same one He put to Joshua: are you trying to get God on your side, or are you willing to get on His?
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Easter at CityBridge
Before the world existed, God had already chosen you. Most of us treat Easter as a history lesson, but Ephesians 1 frames it as something far more personal. In this Easter Sunday message, Brad Kirby opens a treasure chest of six gifts that belong to everyone who trusts Christ, from adoption into God's family to a forgiveness that has been carried as far as the east is from the west. By the end, the question isn't whether Easter happened. It's whether you know what it means for you.
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Good Friday at CityBridge
In a garden outside Jerusalem, Jesus falls to His face and prays the same prayer three times while His closest friends fall asleep. He knows exactly what is coming — and He chooses it anyway. In this Good Friday message from Matthew 26, Brad Kirby traces the hours before the cross through betrayal, a final meal, and a cup poured out for many. Before Sunday comes, this is the moment worth sitting with.
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Different for the City
After forty years of wilderness, Israel finally sets foot in the Promised Land with victory within reach. But instead of advancing into battle, God stops everything to deal with something more fundamental than strategy. In Joshua 5:1–12, Brad Kirby shows why God insists on identity before activity and what it costs when His people forget whose they are. The challenge is as current as it is ancient: you will never truly engage the world around you if you've become indistinguishable from it.
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What Do These Stones Mean?
Israel has just walked through the Jordan on dry ground, and God won't let them take another step without stopping first. Twelve stones, one from each tribe, pulled from the riverbed and stacked where everyone can see them. In Joshua 4, Josh Fortney unpacks why God commands His people to remember and how those stones were meant to start conversations that would carry faith to the next generation. The memorial points backward to what God did, but it also points forward to who He's calling His people to become.
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When God Leads His People
After forty years in the wilderness, Israel finally reaches the edge of the Promised Land — and a flooded river stands in the way. In Joshua 3, Brad Kirby shows how God rarely clears the path before calling His people to walk it. When the priests step into the rushing water, the river stops — but not a moment before their feet are already wet.
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