If You Build it… I. The Temple Lies in Ruins (Haggai 1:1-11)A. A Decision about God’s Will… (1:2)B. … becomes a Question of Priorities (1:4)C. The Forgotten Art of Considering
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Lent 2024 – Four Post-Exilic People – Part 4 | Selections from Nehemiah 8-13
Nehemiah: The Wall Builder (Part 2) I. A STORY of spiritual RENEWAL. (Neh. 8-12)A. Humbly LISTENING to the WORD of God. (Neh. 8)B. RESPONDING and REMEMBERING. (Neh. 8-9)C. The PROMISES
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Nehemiah: The Wall Builder (Part 1) I. Nehemiah: PASSIONATE for a CAUSE. (Neh. 1-2)A. The GENERATIVE power of DIFFICULTY and PAIN. (1:1-4)B. Our PRAYERS shape us over TIME. (1:5-2:9)C. Nehemiah
Read moreLent 2024 – Four Post-Exilic People – Part 2 | Selections from Ezra 7-10
Ezra: The Teacher of the Law I. A CONTEXT grounded in “THREES”. (Ezra and Nehemiah)A. ZERUBBABEL, EZRA, and NEHEMIAH.B. The TEMPLE, the LAW, the JERUSALEM wall.C. A KING, some CONTROVERSY,
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Zerubbabel: The Temple Building Governor I. The JOY of coming HOME. (Ez. 1-3)A. The FULFILLMENT of the PROPHECY . (1:2-4; Jer. 25:12; Is. 45:13)B. It’s the EXODUS all over AGAIN.
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