Joshua 9 - The Gibeonites, fearing Israel's conquests, deceive Joshua and the Israelites by pretending to be from a distant…
1 Chronicles 25 - Attention musicians! Does the name Asaph mean anything to you? Anyone....anyone.....Bueller? Although it might not mean…
1 Chronicles 1 - It was a bittersweet time for Israel. The Jews had just returned from 70 years of…
Galatians 4 - I admit that sometimes I get so caught up in my own wants and needs that I…
Ezra 2 - Why was genealogy so important to the Jews? We see this many times in Scripture and often…
Ezra 1 - It is fascinating to consider the faith of Cyrus, King of Persia. Was he a believer in…
Romans 13 - In Chapter 13, Paul's focus is the authority of the government, and how the Christian should respond…
1 Kings 3 - Incredibly, we see both the pinnacle of Solomon's character as well as a foreshadowing of his…
Esther 1 - At this point in Israel's history, Ezra has just returned from the exile to rebuild the temple…
Nehemiah 13 - So, remember that guy Tobiah? Back in Nehemiah 6 he was one of Israel's enemies who formulated…
Nehemiah 12 - A few years ago a woman in town asked Hank and I to come over and cleanse…
Nehemiah 11 - Nehemiah came up with a brilliant solution to repopulate Jerusalem with God's people. Of all the people…
Nehemiah 10 - Cutting corners. To me, this is what the covenant was all about. The people vowed to obey…
Nehemiah 9 - Nehemiah 9 describes a scene of revival. God was working collectively and personally to bring about reflection,…
Nehemiah 8 - Why is it important to read and hear the Word of God? The one who reads this…
Nehemiah 7 - After the walls had been built, Nehemiah continued to beef up security to ward off the hostile…
Nehemiah 6 - Nehemiah is determined to fulfill the Lord's work and rebuild the walls despite facing every obstacle imaginable…
Nehemiah 5 - In Nehemiah 4, we looked at how the enemy engages us when we step out in faith…
Nehemiah 4 - This chapter is a case study for how the enemy works when you decide to follow through…
Nehemiah 3 - In my mind, there are two critical applications of this chapter. Back in Nehemiah 1, I stated…
Nehemiah 2 - Nehemiah had a rather... uh... interesting position in the royal court. He was the cupbearer and personal…
Nehemiah 1 - Back in the minor prophets, we learned that very few Jewish people left Babylon to return to…
Malachi 1 - Malachi's ministry would have overlapped with Nehemiah. The temple had been rebuilt (v. 13), and there was…
Psalm 149 - Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise in the congregation of…
Psalm 147 - Many scholars believe this psalm was prepared for use when the new city walls were completed by…
Psalm 120 - "The Meshechites were presumably descended from Meshech, a grandson of Noah through Japheth (Gen 10:2; 1Ch 1:5).…
Psalm 102 - "The Psalm has been attributed to Daniel, to Jeremiah, to Nehemiah, or to some of the other…