Nehemiah
194Hadassah, Queen of Persia
27 May 2024
42:50¶ 138
“One thing that still has to happen is Jerusalem still really doesn’t have functional walls, and after this battle it really doesn’t have functional…”
43:17¶ 139
“It’s not like, “Oh, well, things are still the same. I should go cry now.” It was like, “Ah! Progress was happening and it’s…”
44:26¶ 146
“So Nehemiah plots it out and goes before the king and is deliberately sad and the king calls him on it. Nehemiah says, “And…”
171Tithing
7 Aug 2023
33:39¶ 107
“This is a time when Israel is under the heel of a foreign power. The Persian kings initially were very nice to Israel and…”
34:06¶ 109
“Yes, he is, and he has his priorities right and he sees the need here and he pushes it. But as we go beyond…”
0:43¶ 3
“In chapter 13 of Nehemiah, Nehemiah has taken a leave of absence and when he gets back he finds out that a number of…”
170Marriage and Culture
31 Jul 2023
25:10¶ 66
“Then we pass to the book of Nehemiah, and we’ve talked some about Nehemiah. He comes back to rebuild the walls and is successful…”
26:13¶ 68
“That’s the condition we’re in, so Nehemiah addresses the same thing. He’s a little more forceful than Ezra. When Ezra heard about this, he…”
26:46¶ 70
“So he’s very forceful – pulling out their hair, striking them, cursing them. Again, our culture isn’t ready to handle someone like Nehemiah. That’s…”
169Walls (Part 3)
17 Jul 2023
3:47¶ 10
“After a generation or so, during which I believe the events of Esther took place, Jerusalem is again in great distress. The new gates…”
4:11¶ 11
“He’s a very thorough detail-oriented kind of guy. He’s got the task maps and the agendas and the billing and everything set out. He’s…”
4:36¶ 12
“Also economically and politically the possibility of Jerusalem regaining its own footing would cast their little Samaria in the shadows, so on a lot…”
166Prayer and Work
26 Jun 2023
20:03¶ 69
“One of the things about this passage is that Nehemiah is not, strictly speaking, a prophet. He’s not hearing God’s word in his head…”
23:52¶ 87
“It was considered such a privilege and joy to be in the presence of the king, who was one step from the gods, that…”
25:26¶ 91
“Notice, the queen is there. That’s part of his plan here, which again suggests who the queen has to be. As far as the…”
159The Restoration Era
20 Mar 2023
39:57¶ 139
“After that we come to Nehemiah, which is the last of the history books that belong to this period, and Nehemiah, living after that…”
40:17¶ 140
“This was new knowledge, because why would he worry about something that happened 70 years ago? Whatever had been put back in place had…”
40:43¶ 141
“He counts that he’s been faithful enough that the king may listen to him, and the note says, “So the king said to the…”
72The Just Shall Live By Faith
20 Jun 2021
13:00¶ 35
“We look at someone like Nehemiah or Esther, who in a crucial moment said, “No, that’s not enough, because the place that God by…”
14:11¶ 37
“Esther knew this. It says it very plainly. If the king doesn’t reach out the golden scepter, you’re dead. And with Nehemiah it’s implied.…”
36Polytheism and Pluralism (part 2)
6 Sep 2020
39:16¶ 147
“So what happened is you have all of these merchants selling stuff on the Sabbath, and Nehemiah is like, “Guys, you can’t do commerce…”
39:02¶ 146
“I’ll tell the story as it should be told, because it’s one of my favorites and you never hear about it in Sunday School.…”