How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Welcome to Through the Bible.

Early in this study, Dr. J. Vernon McGee shares with us about how to get victory in the spiritual life.

He mentions how Joshua's army got the victory at Jericho because God led the charge.

But the next battle was over the small city of AI, and the army thought they could handle that one on their own without trusting

God. But of course they were wrong. Dr. McGee says a great many people think they can live the

Christian life in their own strength, which always means defeat. We're in Hosea, too, where God says,

I'll take the name of Bayal out of your vocabulary. And you know, he did. In fact, after 70 years

as prisoners of war, the Jews finally broke their addiction to worshiping foreign gods. Where the

word of God is not honored, worshiping other gods is a common thread. But spiritual victory is

possible. And you know, the book of Hosea has some surprising lessons for us. But as we learn, the most

painful lessons are in our relationships, aren't they? Specifically in our homes. And you know,

many of our listeners have recently reached out asking for prayer in their heartbreak and others

are praising him at the same time for bringing them through. So as you find your seat on the

Bible bus, I want to share a couple of letters. First, we're going to hear from a wife in Algeria who writes. My husband is an alcoholic, and most of the time I have no idea where he is. We go long periods of time without seeing him. He does not have a job and pushes us into more debt. I have a daughter to support, and there is no one I can talk to about this situation.

Thank you for the program, which is my only friend.

Next, we hear from Mike. He's in the U.S.

Like so many, I found TTB by accident on the radio,

where I first heard a program that seemed to be spending time on a book not often covered in detail,

2 John. Then I heard Steve mention this was a five-year study of each book of the Bible,

and I was hooked. I listened for many years until I fell away. A few years later, after about a

depression and divorce, I began listening again. Praise God, the Bible bus was still there. Jesus, incredibly patient,

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