The term New Frontier seemed to have been popularized when it was used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him.

This phrase can be used to express the idea of exploring new possibilities or discovering something new. This is the idea behind God's word to the people of Israel in our main text today. Succinctly put: 'There's more'!

A new frontier refers to a fresh area of exploitative development. It could be in the area of finance, career, business, nationhood, or even spiritually. When God said to his servant to conquer Sihon and his land in our main text, he was simply saying to him, "I have given you a new  ...