At our April 2025 Ironworks, former NFL player and University of Oregon chaplain Josh Bidwell joins us to share his powerful testimony of hope, perseverance, and trusting God even when the path forward is unclear.

In Nehemiah 12, the wall of Jerusalem is complete, and the people gather together for a joyful dedication and celebration. Guest pastor Kaipo Amina walks us through this gathering in our March 2025 Ironworks study, showing how each person’s role in work and worship impacted their families, purity, and commitment to the Lord.

Are you prepared for the battles of life, or are you merely wandering through like a tourist? In our February 2025 Ironworks study, we explore how to develop a warrior mentality – just like David’s Mighty Men in 1 Chronicles 12. By surrounding ourselves with the right people, engaging in the church with purpose, and serving the Lord and others effectively, we can stand strong together.

The Apostle Paul gives an exhortation in 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 that serves as a powerful playbook on how to be a good man. In our January 2025 Ironworks study, we look at examples of good and bad men in Scripture, analyze the attributes that make a man bad, and see what Paul tells us we should be doing to be good men.

While it may seem like Nehemiah 11 is just an insignificant list of names, numbers, and places, there is actually some amazing wisdom and meaning behind all this information. In our November 2024 Ironworks study, Kaipo Amina helps us see why God included this in Scripture and how it highlights things we can learn about being godly men.

Eli the Priest lived in a culture that had neglected God’s Word, personally failed to follow the Lord’s instructions, and had let his two sons run wild. Consequently, God judged Eli for his bad behavior and called the young boy Samuel to be His prophet, knowing he would hear and obey the Word of the Lord. In our October 2024 Ironworks study, we break down this story to learn how to avoid going off course like Eli by failing to listen and instead be those who hear and obey God’s voice like Samuel.

You don’t have to look very hard to see that we live in troubling times that resemble the last days Paul talks about in 2 Timothy 3:1-17. In our September 2024 Ironworks study, we learn what the characteristics of men will be during this time, what will happen as a consequence, and how to instead be men of God who wholeheartedly follow His Word.

We compare and contrast where Abraham and Lot were sitting in Genesis 18:1-3 and 19:1-3 to see how where they positioned themselves ultimately influenced their trajectory (and world history!). In our May 2024 Ironworks study, we challenge ourselves to examine where we are sitting to ensure we are worshiping God correctly, avoiding destruction for ourselves and our families, and leading those around us to see our hope in Christ.

The rebuilding of the wall is finished in Nehemiah 7, but that doesn’t mean the work is over. Guest pastor Kaipo Amina resumes his

Be Like Nehemiah

study by showing us Nehemiah’s next steps of appointing leadership and assigning roles and how this models how we can serve and follow God in our churches, individual ministries, and homes.

What we look at directly impacts the direction we head and, ultimately, the outcome of our lives. In our March 2024 Ironworks study, we examine what we should focus on by contrasting that with the things that impair our vision. Join us as we search the Scriptures for examples of men with spiritual vision problems and learn from their mistakes to correct our own sight.