Nehemiah 12:27-31 27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres. 28 The musicians also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem—from the villages of the Netophathites, 29 from…
For some Father’s day is a wonderful day of celebration and joy, for others it’s complex, marked by grief, sadness or regret. I was talking about a light hearted scenario where I wished I had the parents who would feed me ice-cream 3 meals a day all weekend…but for some of us, we may have…
The Good and Gracious God If you’ve been with us over the past few months, we’ve been working our way through the book of Nehemiah. And this is a story of God on the move. Nehemiah has heard of the devastation of the walls of Jerusalem, so with the kings blessing and the leading of…
A bit over a week a go, I and some of the other kids an youth leaders went up to town for a training night all about “Generation Z” which is our current teenagers. And it was a fascinating night as Claire Madden described to us this generation of young people, how they think, what…
Chapter 5 the issue confronting Nehemiah was internal conflict relating to injustice. Nehemiah is leading the people in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and there’s been an increasing problem from the outside as the threat from surrounding nations intensifies. And this opposition intensifies until the point where: Nehemiah 4:17a-18a NLT The labourers carried…
Nehemiah (“Yahweh comforts”) – rebuild, restore, renew Romans 15:4 (NLT) Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. They give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises. 1 Corinthians 10:11 (NLT) All these events happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn…
Legends – Adoniram Judson, Jr. (1788 – 1850) was an American Congregationalist and later Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years.
Mark 15 describes Jesus being delivered to Pilate by the religious leaders and is falsely tried. It marks the move from Palm Sunday ‘Hail the King’ to ‘Crucify’.
Summer Stretch – “… a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith” Hebrews 12:1–3 (NLT) 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And…