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Day 269: “I Took Counsel With Myself” (Nehemiah 5:6–7)
When Nehemiah heard the outcry of the poor, he grew angry — but instead of exploding, he paused: “I took counsel with myself.” Learn how Nehemiah models the balance of righteous anger, wise reflection, and courageous action.
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Day 268: Bible Study and Bible Doing (Ezra 7:10)
Ezra 7:10 gives a threefold model for every believer: study God’s Word, do what it says, and teach it to others. True Bible study isn’t just about knowledge—it’s about obedience and multiplication.
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Day 267: Esther, Alcohol, and the Holiday Baptists Wouldn’t Invent (Esther 9:17-20)
Purim celebrates one of Scripture’s great reversals: mourning turned to gladness and threatened destruction turned to feasting. But some Purim traditions—especially the ones involving alcohol—might make a few Baptists clutch their pearls.
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Day 266: How Not to Read Esther (Esther 2:8)
Esther isn’t a fairy tale or a tragedy—it’s both more complex and more hopeful. Avoid these five pitfalls to read Esther with theological depth.
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Day 264: Fasts of Feasting (Zechariah 8:19)
Zechariah’s people had four painful anniversaries on their calendar—days marked by fasting, grief, and memories of Jerusalem’s fall. Then God promised to transform their fasts into feasts. What happens when God changes the meaning of a day?
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Day 262: Why the Second Temple Was So… Meh (Haggai 2:3)
Why was the second temple so unimpressive compared to Solomon’s? Spurgeon saw something deeper at work: its lesser glory was preparing the way for a far greater glory—Christ Himself.
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Haggai: First Things First (Part 7 of Short Books, Long Shadows)
What happens when God’s people get so busy building their own lives that they neglect what matters most? Haggai’s message is a call to consider our ways, put first things first, and trust the God who is with us while we rebuild. And buried in this little book is a promise that points all the…
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Day 260: The Other Elam (Ezra 2:7, 31)
Ezra’s long list of returnees includes “the other Elam,” a name most readers skip over. This reflection and poem remind us that even the overlooked are remembered by God, and every name matters in His book.
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Day 258: On National Lament (Daniel 9:5-7)
Daniel’s prayer teaches us true lament: not blaming a broken world, but confessing the brokenness within—and hearing God’s response: “You are greatly loved.”
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Day 257 The Lions of Babylon and the Lion of Judah: Three Parallels (Daniel 6:17)
A stone. A royal seal. An unchangeable law. A visit at dawn expecting death—and unexpected joy. Daniel in the lions’ den contains some remarkable echoes of the resurrection story. But one crucial difference changes everything: when the stone rolled away in Jerusalem, the Lion walked out.
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Day 256: Did Nebuchadnezzar Forget His Dream? (Daniel 2:5)
Did Nebuchadnezzar forget his dream, or was he testing his magicians? Daniel 2:5 is translated both ways—from the KJV’s “the thing is gone from me” to modern versions’ “the word is firm.” Either way, the point remains: only God reveals mysteries.
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Day 256: When the World Wants to Change You (Daniel 1:6-7)
Babylon tried to rename Daniel and his friends, stripping away their identity in God. The world does the same to us today. Daniel 1 shows how to resist when culture wants to change who you are.
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Day 231: The Final Word? (2 Chronicles 36:23)
The Hebrew Bible ends not with a curse, but with an invitation: “Let him go up.” What if the unfinished places in our lives aren’t endings at all, but invitations to take the next step?
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Day 229: Jefferson and Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:27-28)
Thomas Jefferson and King Jehoiakim had something surprising in common: both took a blade to God’s Word. But Scripture isn’t ours to edit, revise, or discard.
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Blessing Begins With Brokenness (Matthew 5:3; Luke 18:9-14)
Part 1 of BLESSEDR: A Study of the Beatitudes. Jesus begins in a radical way: Blessing begins when we admit we are broken.
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