Experts tell us that the nail/spike the Romans used to crucified people had to be at least nine inches in length in order to go through flesh and wood.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas shared what each inch meant with the nail the crucified Jesus.

How do you respond to confrontation?

Do you respond with humility and repentance, or do you react in anger?

Does the issue suddenly become the person confronting you?

Do you tell him or her never to talk that way to you again?

What about the time you have had to confront others?

Do you look back on that with regret, perhaps wishing you hadn’t taken that course of action, or do you look back praying that God would use your imperfect attempts for good?

We are humans. That means confrontation will always be necessary.

Nehemiah encounters a situation where the people of Judah need to be corrected in a number of areas.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas reminds us that sometimes we need to be corrected when we go in a path that is opposite of God's plans.

Nehemiah 12 should remind believers we need an eternal perspective, one that goes in both directions.

It should remind us that all that we see God doing in our time is part of the grand work of his redemption to save a people to himself from every nation.

What God is doing now has always been in his heart, and it will declare his glory throughout all eternity.

It should give rise both to rejoicing over what God has done and rejoicing for what he is doing and is going to do in the future.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas reminds us that the dedication of the wall is really the people’s dedicating themselves to protect the things of God and carry out his purposes. 

Ever hear of the 80/20 Rule? It states that 20% of the people doe 80% of the work.

Sadly this is seen in a lot of churches today. We forget that when we said yes to Jesus and the free gift of Salvation we were also saying yes to ministry.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas reminds that as a child of God there is a places for us to serve Him in the church and outside the church as well.

Its one thing to offer the Lord a passionate prayer of confession, such as we saw in chapter 9 last week, but it is quite something else to live an obedient life after we say “Amen.”

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas reminds us what happens after we say amen.

Our prayers in desperate times reveal much about us.

Nehemiah 9:1-37 is the longest recorded prayer in the Bible outside the Psalms.

It is the people’s plea for help.

But the focus of the prayer is more on God’s mighty deeds on behalf of the people throughout history than it is on the people themselves.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas shares with us why our prayers are both a time of confession and deliverance.

In Nehemiah 8, Nehemiah calls for a Bible conference and invites Ezra the scribe to be the teacher.

The walls are now finished, and the gates were hung.

The material needs of the city had been met; not it was time to focus on the spiritual needs of the people in the city.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas shares with what can happen God's people get serious about His Word.

The walls are completed, and the gates have been restored, and the enemy is flustered.

But a city is much more than walls, gates, and houses: a city is people.

In the first half of Nehemiah the people existed for the walls, but now the walls must exist for the people.

Rebuilding the wall is only the first step in removing the reproach from those who returned from exile.

The walls do not exist for their own sake.

Their significance depends on what is supposed to happening inside Jerusalem itself, the thriving community of God for the glory of God.

Join us as Dr. Chuck Jonas shares with us as we learn about the Qualities of Nehemiah’s Character and the Priorities of Nehemiah’s Calling. 

One of the enemy’s strategies to destroy the work of the people of God in manipulation and intimidation.

It was what Nehemiah deals with as the building project is coming to completion.

Join us as Dr. chuck Jonas reminds us that even when things are going good, the enemy will still try to stop what God is doing.

With the external threat contained, Nehemiah has to face an unexpected internal threat of dissension, division, and exploitation within his own ranks.

It is a threat that could bring the work on the wall to a screeching halt.

Join us as Dr. Chuck shares how Nehemiah is able to lead by example.