From Esther 6-10 The king remembers he has to honour a man. When asked how he should be honoured, Haman thinks it is himself. He ends up publicly honouring Mordecai, his worst enemy. Jesus said [ Read More … ]
From Nehemiah 12-13 The wall has been finished, now is the time to celebrate. The people of Judah gather all David’s musical instruments and sing and praise the LORD along several of the gates around [ Read More … ]
Its been awhile since my last random. Been short of time recently with my newborn son Caleb, bible in a year blog posts and study. None the less here we go, I found these interesting. [ Read More … ]
From Nehemiah 8-9 The people spend many days confessing their sin and worshipping the LORD. Today’s passage is a reminder of Israel’s sin, the mercy of the and his faithfulness to his promises. In Nehemiah [ Read More … ]
From Nehemiah 4-6 After building the wall, Nehemiah finds out the rich of Israel had been oppressing the poor. He calls them in, instructs them to stop and warns them of the LORD’s judgment. The [ Read More … ]
From Ezra 8-10 Ezra has a long and dangerous journey ahead of him. He is offered protection from the Persians, but he has told them the LORD is with those who seek him and is [ Read More … ]
From Ezra 1-3 Introduction The book of Ezra begins where 2 Chronicles ends. As prophesied by Isaiah (Isa. 44:28), the Persian King Cyrus had sent exiles led by Zerubbabel back to Jerusalem in 538 B.C. [ Read More … ]
From 2 Chronicles 32-34 Manasseh led Judah and Jerusalem astray. He undid all the reforms of Hezekiah. Established places of worship for foreign god’s. Particularly the Egyptian ‘host of heaven’. He even burned his own [ Read More … ]
From 2 Chronicles 25-27 Amaziah is early on depicted as a good and trusting king. He trusted in the LORD and won over his enemies. But afterward he abandoned God. His example shows that God’s [ Read More … ]
What does scripture say about the human heart? Is it good, evil or something else? What has God promised to do with peoples hearts? Can hearts be influenced, changed, transformed and softened? What are the [ Read More … ]