Month: September 2022
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Day 273: The Sun and the Son (Malachi 1-4)
My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty. (Malachi 1:11, NIV) For from the rising of the sun even unto…
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Day 271: Standing and Understanding (Nehemiah 8)
“They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.”Nehemiah 8:8 ESV Through the Bible: Nehemiah 8-10 My favorite class in seminary was Christian Teaching, taught by Dr. John Hendrix. Dr. Hendrix was one of the kindest, most winsome people I’ve ever…
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Day 270: Learning About Prayer From Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6-7)
9 They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.” Nehemiah 6:9 One of the things I love about Nehemiah is how often he just throws up a prayer. No preamble, no getting into…
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Day 269: Dirty Jobs (Nehemiah 3:14)
“Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.” Nehemiah 3:14 Through the Bible: Nehemiah 1-5 I know this doesn’t seem to be a super inspiring verse to blog about. But I was struck by this…
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Day 268: Did God Command Divorce in Ezra? (Ezra 7-10)
…and some of the women had even borne children. Ezra 10:44 ESV I’m conflicted with Ezra. On one hand, when the officials inform him that the men of Israel have taken foreign wives (a violation of Deuteronomy 7:3), he absolutely does the right thing. He tears his clothes, weeps and fasts, and falls on his…
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The Future of Israel (Romans 11)
Sermon preached September 25, 2022; Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, AL. James Jackson, Pastor I want to warn you at the outset that this may be the most difficult part of Romans to wrap our heads around. Did you know that in 2 Peter 3:!6, the apostle Peter admits that sometimes Paul is hard to understand?…
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Day 267: A Day of Feasting and Gladness (Esther 6-10)
17 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness. 18 But the Jews who were in Susa gathered on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested on the fifteenth day, making that a day…
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Day 266: The Futility of Trying to Fit In (Esther 1-5)
10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. (Esther 2:10) There is no shortage of lessons we can draw from the book of Esther. For a book with so many feasts, it’s only fitting that Esther itself is a feast for those of…
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Day 265: Grace that Draws Us Near (Zechariah 12:10)
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as…
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Day 264: Two Joshuas (Zechariah 5-9)
“Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and he shall build…
