Nehemiah 10 by Pastor Mark Hudson This chapter is a response of the people to what happened in chapter 8.  Ezra reads the law with others interpreting the verses (8:7-8). …

Nehemiah 9 by Pastor David Groendyk The wall is finished, the attackers are fended off, and the law of God has been read, explained, and preached. About three-and-a-half weeks after…

Nehemiah 8 by Pastor Lawrence Bowlin This is clearly a time of revival in the history of Israel.  After rebuilding the temple and the walls of the city, the people…

Nehemiah 7 by Pastor Mark Hudson When you read Nehemiah 7, most of us have several questions.  Why is there a need in the Bible for this list of names…

Nehemiah 5 by Pastor Mark Hudson Nehemiah 5 is easily divided into two major sections: 1-13; 14-18, with a summary statement in v. 19.  We will focus only on the…

Nehemiah 4 by Pastor David Groendyk Sanballat and Tobiah (vv. 1, 3) have been ominously mentioned before (in 2:10 and 2:19). Now they’re back again, and the opposition against the…

Nehemiah 2 by Pastor Mark Hudson Ever since Nehemiah heard that the remnant in Jerusalem were “in great trouble and shame” and that “the wall of Jerusalem is broken down”…

Nehemiah 1 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence Similar to Esther and Mordecai serving under King Xerxes a few decades prior, Nehemiah also is serving in the same capital city of Susa…

Luke 24 by Pastor Mark Hudson This chapter clarifies the difference between narratives in the gospel and didactic teaching in the epistles.  In this chapter, vs. 1-12 describes the followers…

Luke 23 by Pastor David Groendyk Most chapters in the Bible could have entire books written about them, but perhaps none more so than Luke 23 and Luke 24 which…