Secrets, Spies, and Salvation

Evan and Justin share an update on their small group “prayer push,” explaining that June focuses on praying for ministries inside the church and this week’s emphasis is NextGen Ministries (preschool, children, and youth). They encourage prayer for students’ salvation and ongoing discipleship, and for staff and volunteers to be strengthened during a busy summer season of VBS, camps, and gatherings while also “training up Joshuas” for future leadership. The episode then continues their summer series in Joshua, focusing on Joshua 2:4-21 (with leaders encouraged to start at verse 1), highlighting Rahab—a Gentile prostitute in Jericho—who hides the spies, professes faith in the Lord’s power, and is later commended in Hebrews 11. They discuss the scarlet cord as a sign of rescue, connecting it to Passover imagery and God’s grace, and challenge listeners to have faith like Rahab and not write off themselves or others.