Biography: Dr. Joseph is a writer, semi-retired pastor, retired seminary professor, and ongoing teacher of God's Word. He has earned graduate degrees from Wake Forest University, Hood Theological Seminary, and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. His earlier books: Experiencing Jesus' Joy; Experiencing Jesus' Joy through Obedient Discipleship; No More Walls! and Unity and Obedient Discipleship in the Gospel of John, and The Ultimate Victory: Becoming a Follower of Jesus have all been written to help everyone know God and His desire for all to join His Holy family, which is the Crown Jewel of God's Creation. This is accomplished by following Jesus right into the promised Land, the New Heaven and New Earth. His book, Unity and Obedient Discipleship in the Gospel of John, 2nd ed., is an in-depth study companion to The Ultimate Victory: Becoming a Follower of Jesus and focuses on how someone would have understood Jesus' message within the first-century Mediterranean world as recorded in the Gospel of John helping us know how close God's eternal loving righteous family will be for eternity.