Trevor shares a few thoughts on the advent themes of hope, peace, joy and love. Below is a link to his slides, images have been removed for copyright reasons.

Darren talks us through the next chapter in this story of rebuilding and restoration from the book of Ezra, and looks at what we can apply to our situation today. Below is a link to his slides, images have been removed for copyright reasons.

Andrew takes us through the next part of the story of the book of Ezra, and looks at how we deal with opposition and how God can still use opposition for his purposes. A link to his slides is below.

As the story of Ezra continues, Alan looks at the part played by the prophet Haggai, and draws parallels for us today about how we respond to challenges. A link to his slides is below.

Laurence looks at the next chapter of this story, and how it's relevant to our lives as Christians today. A link to his slides is below.

Elizabeth unpacks Ezra chapter 3 for us, which shows God's priorities in this story, and gives us some food for thought. Raymond also shares some of how this preaching series has resonated with his experiences of coming to the UK from Hong Kong. A link to her slides is below, images have been removed for copyright reasons.

After all our introductions and background talks, Darren helps us to look at the first two chapters of the book of Ezra, which begin the story of the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. He also poses some questions for us today which come out of this story. A link to his slides is below, some images have been removed for copyright reasons

Lynn continues setting the scene for our new series by giving the context about the exile of the Israelites, and also looking at possible parallels to our nation today. A link to her slides is below, some images have been removed for copyright reasons. She encourages us to listen to a song which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gCtgj5l-5s

Alan helps us to understand how the story of Ezra and Nehemiah fit into the bigger picture of the Old Testament, and how it's relevant to us today. A link to his slides is below.

Darren introduces our new preaching series with an overview of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. There is a short break in the video, apologies. A link to his slides is below, some images have been removed for copyright reasons. You might also enjoy the video ‘Ezra-Nehemiah summary’ on www.bibleproject.com/explore