Conquest: Family Worship in Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and 1 Samuel

by Joel R. Beeke, Nick Thompson

"Dad, why is God so mean in the Old Testament?"
"Mom, is Jesus in the Old Testament?"

Conquest equips you to help your children find answers to these crucial questions and more as God unfolds His covenant faithfulness in Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and 1 Samuel.

Using a helpful Review/Read/Reflect/Request format, these one hundred lessons will enrich your family devotions and help your children learn to love their Bibles.

Contents

Series Introduction

PART CONQUEST UNDERGONE (JOSHUA)

1. Under New Management
2. Do Not Be Afraid
3. Three Days to Go
4. Behind Enemy Lines
5. High Treason
6. Following the Ark
7. Crossing the River
8. Miracle Monument
9. Remembering the Covenant
10. Meeting the Divine Warrior
11. Fighting Without Swords
12. The Walls Came Tumbling Down
13. An Embarrassing Defeat
14. Devoted to Destruction
15. A Second Chance
16. Renewing the Covenant
17. A Bad Deal
18. When the Sun Stood Still
19. The Big Inheritance
20. Following God Fully
21. Home Sweet Home
22. A Close Call
23. Unfailing Promises
24. Who Will You Serve?
25. A New Generation

PART CONQUEST UNDERMINED (JUDGES)

26. Judah Takes the Lead
27. It’s All Downhill from Here
28. Joy Turned to Weeping
29. A Lost Generation
30. Let the Judges Arise
31. A Model Deliverer
32. An Unlikely Deliverer
33. A Female Deliverer
34. Struck by Lightning
35. A Song of Salvation
36. Fields Stripped and Stables Robbed
37. A Cure for Despair
38. The Battle Before the Battle
39. Not by Might, nor by Power
40. Curses from Gerizim
41. Jephthah’s Victory and Vow
42. The Deliverer No One Prayed For
43. Resistant to God’s Call
44. Fighting for Self, Not God
45. Betrayed unto Baldness
46. Victory Through Death
47. Self-Made Worship
48. An Idolatrous Tribe
49. Moral Monsters
50. Civil War

PART CONQUEST UNDETERRED (RUTH–1 SAMUEL)

51. Tragedy in Moab
52. A Fresh Start
53. Barley Harvest
54. Wings of Love
55. The Sandal Ceremony
56. Great Grandmother of a King
57. Helper of the Helpless
58. Dedicated to God
59. Hannah’s Song
60. Leadership Contrast
61. Called to Be a Prophet
62. The Glory Has Departed
63. God Versus Dagon
64. Exodus Replay
65. Here I Raise My Ebenezer
66. A Substitute King
67. Be Careful What You Ask For
68. God of the Ordinary
69. The First King Anointed
70. Beginning on the Right Foot
71. A Sermon and a Sign
72. A Proud King
73. A Son Fit to Rule
74. Obedience, Not Sacrifice
75. The Heart of the Matter
76. Blessing Through David
77. Eyeing God’s Reputation
78. The Battle Belongs to God
79. Loving God’s Anointed
80. Hating God’s Anointed
81. Protection from Above
82. Provision from Above
83. When I Am Afraid
84. Not Taking the Devil’s Shortcut
85. David, Blemishes and All
86. Without Hope and Without God
87. David Against Israel?
88.

193 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 13, 2026

About the author

Dr. Joel R. Beeke serves as President and Professor of Systematic Theology, Church History, and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He has been in the ministry since 1978 and has served as a pastor of his current church, Heritage Reformed Congregation, since 1986. He is also editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society. He has written, co-authored, or edited fifty books and contributed over fifteen hundred articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. His Ph.D. (1988) from Westminster Theological Seminary is in Reformation and Post-Reformation Theology. He is frequently called upon to lecture at Reformed seminaries and to speak at conferences around the world. He and his wife, Mary, have three children: Calvin, Esther, and Lydia.