Luke 2 by Pastor David Groendyk Nearly everything in our chapter today is unique to Luke, meaning that no other Gospel records the events of Luke 2. Except for Matthew…

Luke 1 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson Instead of a devotional on chapter 1 of Luke’s gospel (only 80 verses), I would like to offer a brief introduction to the…

Ezra 10 Devotional  by Pastor Mark Hudson Ezra 10 is a complicated chapter.   We find Ezra praying and weeping with a great assembly of all ages doing the same thing. …

Ezra 9 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson Ezra 9, while slightly disturbing, is a great example of a prayer of repentance.  Granted the reason for the prayer is slightly alarming…

Ezra 8 by Pastor David Groendyk Here we read about Ezra’s actual journey back to Israel. The rest of the book shifts to Ezra’s first-person perspective, and we read everything…

Ezra 7 by Pastor David Groendyk Chapter 7 fast forwards approximately 60 years after the temple is finished being built and dedicated in chapter 6. Ezra, who is a priest…

Ezra 6 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson In Ezra 6, as we said yesterday, we need to consider chapters 5-6 as one unit.  So, we will focus on chapter 6…

Ezra 5 by Pastor Mark Hudson In Ezra 5, we need to consider chapters 5-6 as one unit. But we will focus on chapter 5 as part one in this…

Ezra 4 by Pastor Mark Hudson If this work of rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem was not hard enough, now the opposition comes. Remember, these 42,000 thousand pioneers had left…

Ezra 3 by Pastor David Groendyk In many ways, chapter 3 is an encapsulation of the entire book Ezra. It demonstrates to Israel and to us how God has been…