Monthly Archives: November 2017

So Your Called to Minister—Studies from Nehemiah Nehemiah 2:17 – 3:1   17 Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us … Continue reading →

So Your Called to Minister—Studies from Nehemiah Nehemiah 2:7-10   Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River, that they must permit me … Continue reading →

Nehemiah 2:4-8   Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.  And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your … Continue reading →

Nehemiah 2:1-4   And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been … Continue reading →

Nehemiah 1:1-4  The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel,  that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from … Continue reading →

Political Satire This time of year life slows down in the pasture, the trees have shed their leaves, producing a carpet of browns and yellows on the ground.  Wait, is there something stirring in the far corner, by the big … Continue reading →

4 “Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.  5 “Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, He is a proud man, And he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges … Continue reading →

 1 What’s God going to say to my questions? I’m braced for the worst. I’ll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I’ll wait to see what God says, how he’ll answer my complaint. 2-3And then God answered: “Write this. Write … Continue reading →

“Look among the nations and watch– Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days Which you would not believe, though it were told you.  For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty … Continue reading →

November 14, 2017. Studies in Habakkuk The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.  2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, “Violence!” And You will not save. 3 Why do … Continue reading →