Introduction A. Preliminaries Welcome to the start of our sermon series on the Book of Nehemiah. We wrapped up our sermon series on the book of Ezra recently. And you might be wondering why we are now moving to Nehemiah, since it is usually my preference to move back and forth between the Old and New…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. Well, as I’m sure most of you know, last Sunday, we tied up our sermon series on Ezra. And right now I am planning to proceed to Nehemiah. That is not my practice ordinarily. Ordinarily, I try to switch back and forth between an Old Testament Book and a New…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue and will conclude our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in Chapter 10 today. The first half of the chapter is narrative, and the second half or so is a list of names, so I will focus mainly on the first seventeen…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. Today’s sermon will be a brief diversion from our series on Ezra, in order to celebrate Trinity Sunday. In my weekly emails to all of you, we have been going over our Mission Statement delivered by the Session earlier this year. And I want us to start by saying…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in Chapter 9 today. There are only 10 chapters in Ezra so we are nearing the end. We’ll have another week or two in Ezra. So by way of reminder, Ezra has arrived in Jerusalem…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in Chapter 8 It’s been 2 weeks since we were last in Ezra, so let me refresh your memory. Ezra is looking back on the preaparations he made for the journey before coming to…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in at the start of Chapter 8. We have met Ezra who comes onto the scene decades after the Temple is rebuilt. He comes with credentials and a mission and a passion to extol…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in at the start of Chapter 8. We have met Ezra who comes onto the scene decades after the Temple is rebuilt. He comes with credentials and a mission and a passion to extol…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in the 11th verse of the 7th Chapter. So we are starting with 7:11. Last week, we met Ezra, who comes onto the scene decades after the Temple is rebuilt. He comes with credentials…