Author: James
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Esther, Part One: The Hand of Providence (Esther 1-3)
September 24, 2023, Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, Alabama. James Jackson, Pastor I’m grateful for the teaching ministry of Skip Heitzig, at Calvary Church in Albuquerque. His sermon on Esther formed the backbone of this sermon. Good morning. Please open your Bibles to the book of Esther. As we’ve journeyed through the Old Testament together, we’ve…
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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…
