Matthew Jacoby and DJ Paine conclude 2018 by wrapping up Ezra and beginning Nehemiah....

Matthew and DJ have some follow up questions for Esther and then conclude the book of Ezra and his decrees of divorce!

Matthew and DJ race through the roller coaster ride that is the last half of the book of Esther.

Matthew and DJ chat about the season of Christmas before getting into the first few chapters of the book of Esther!

This week Matthew and DJ tackle some of your questions about the book of Zechariah.

You can read more about that discussion here:

http://themelios.thegospelcoalition.org/article/burning-scripture-with-passion-a-review-of-the-psalms-passion-translation

https://www.gotquestions.org/Passion-Translation.html

https://thinktheology.co.uk/blog/article/whats_wrong_with_the_passion_translation

This week Matthew and DJ head through the rest of the book of Zechariah.

We also discuss Matthew's upcoming yearly trips to Israel.....

This week Matthew and DJ start out by candidly discussing how DJ has learnt how to speak the language of Matthew Jacoby....

and then pausing in the Ezra narrative to look at two prophets who were speakingh to the Jewish people at that time.... the short Haggai and they begin the longer Zechariah....

Enjoy as our duo pull out the appocalyptic threads and the application we have today.

Ezra 1 to 6.

https://youtu.be/MkETkRv9tG8

Stay listening for some bonus, heartfelt "thinking out loud" about Halloween.

For those who want some bonus reading about Halloween, DJ found this article very interesting: https://calvinistinternational.com/2013/10/30/halloween-creation-recreation/