Bible Passage: “[K]now that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ …
No Other Gospel
Bible Passage: “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!” (Galatians …
Strength in Numbers
Bible Passage: “The rest of the people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, musicians, temple servants and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples for the sake of the Law of God, together with their …
Doomed to Repeat?
Bible Passage: “They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But …
Men of the Book
Bible Passage: “They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.” (Nehemiah 8:8 NIV) …
Wearing the Right Blinders
Bible Passage: “But they were scheming to harm me, so I sent messengers to them with this reply: ‘I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why …
Worth Fighting For
Bible Passage: “After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, ‘Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who …
Working Together
Bible Passage: “Then I said to them, ‘You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the …
Feeling All the Feels
Bible Passage: “When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.” (Nehemiah 1:4 NIV) Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 1:1-11 …
Facing the Reality in the Mirror
Bible Passage: “I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to …
