• What Are You Aiming For?

    Let’s talk about heaven. If you’re like me, it’s hard to get your head around it and harder still to let it grip your heart. While most of us believe that…

  • Where Have All the Heroes Gone?

    What’s with celebrities? The last few years have been littered with famous people behaving badly . . .

    In the 2007 World Cup games, the planet’s best soccer player ends the…

  • Jesus – Our Champion!

    At some point in life we’ve all felt the frustration and fear of being up against situations that we can’t deal with and, worse yet, there seems to be no…

  • Choices

    A friend once told me: “Joe, I’ve come to realize that my life is not made by the dreams that I dream but by the choices that I make.”

    Count on…

  • Casting Shadows

    Legend has it that Michelangelo painted with a brush in one hand and a candle in the other to prevent his shadow from covering his masterpiece in progress.

    That’s the kind…

  • The New Covenant Part 2

    “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts,” the Lord declared in Jeremiah 31:33. With that powerful Old Testament promise, God laid the foundation…

  • The New Covenant Part 1

    Why do you follow God’s law? Is it out of a sense of duty—or devotion to your Savior? Join Joe Stowell in exploring this fundamental question in your relationship with…

  • Born Identity Part 2

    Discover two privileges you enjoy because you are found “in Christ” in this continuing message on 2 Corinthians 5:17. Last week you heard Joe Stowell define being “in Christ” as…

  • Born Identity Part 1

    We’ve all found ourselves using phrases like “in Christ.” But have you ever stopped to consider what those words really mean? Join Joe Stowell for this week’s message as you…

  • The Life God Loves to Partner With Part 3

    Discover five habits of a heart that converges with God’s eternal plan. In his ongoing series on Ruth: Love Unshaken, Joe Stowell turns to Ruth 2 and continues looking at…


About Joe Stowell

Joe Stowell serves as an Associate Teacher with RBC Ministries and shares his love for the Word of God in several of its ministries: Strength for the Journey, Our Daily Bread, Day of Discovery, and Discovery House Publishers.

Joe also serves as the President of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His web ministry, Strength for the Journey, features daily devotionals, video devotionals, and weekly messages with downloadable study guides.

Joe and his wife, Martie, are the parents of three adult children and ten grandchildren.


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