“At the end of the book [of Joshua], in his last recorded public act as their leader, Joshua leads the people to renew their covenant with God . . . As Christians, we are called to trust in [Jesus] and to follow his example. We should publicly profess our faith in Christ. We should take vows, if you will, and live to fulfill them, like the people in this book. This is one reason our church covenants together as a congregation, and then regularly reads that covenant out loud in our public meetings. Like the people of God of old, we want to publicly profess our allegiance to God, as all Christians do through their baptism and participation in the Lord’s Supper.”—Mark Dever
