This volume, The Outpouring, is in keeping with a central commitment of The Friends of Israel to view Scripture through the prism of the cultural, historical setting in which it was cast by the Holy Spirit. John's Gospel, in its treatment of the interaction between the Messiah and Israel's great feasts, gives a magnificent exposure to this pattern. The Outpouring will enhance your understanding of how the Lord certified the credentials of our Jewish Messiah among Abraham's seed and in relationship to the great festive commemoratives of the Jewish nation. In the process, we fondly hope that you will appreciate more the wonder of the riches of His grace and the glories of our Savior's love.

Most failure among contemporary Christians is not caused by Goliath-sized problems. We are inclined to stumble when believing God and obeying the simple dictates of His Word are neglected. In Not To The Strong, Elwood McQuaid takes believers into the arena where their persistent foes are met. The period of the judges was a time of national failure, spiritual disintegration, and moral decay. It was, in fact, a time startlingly reminiscent of our own. This volume isolates the four "heroes of the faith" from the era of the judges who are found in Hebrews 11—men selected by God to turn the tide and deliver Israel. To the man, they were problem-plagued and failure-prone. Indeed, in them we find reflections of our own tendencies toward fear, isolation, insecurity, and failure. But mirroring failure is not the object of Not To The Strong, for the God who corrected, tempered, and forged them into submissive instruments of His will can do the same for us.