Crossing with Courage - Rich Van Doorn

Jesus crossed every boundary. Will you?

For many in the first century, the Jordan River marked the edge of the familiar. Yet Jesus deliberately led His disciples beyond its banks and into places they never expected to go. There He encountered outsiders, challenged long-held assumptions, restored the forgotten, and revealed a Kingdom far greater than anyone had imagined.

Crossing with Courage invites readers on a 13-week devotional journey through the mission of Jesus in the places His followers were often afraid to enter. Blending biblical teaching, Hebraic insight, historical context, personal reflection, and practical application, Rich Van Doorn explores how every step beyond the Jordan prepared the disciples to carry God’s Kingdom into the world.

Each week challenges readers to examine the boundaries that fear, comfort, tradition, and assumption have built within their own hearts. Through thoughtful reflection and courageous action, readers will consider where Christ may be calling them to move beyond what is safe, familiar, or expected.

The road beyond the Jordan did not end in the first century. It still stretches before every disciple.

The King is still crossing boundaries. The question is: Will you follow?