Category: Esther
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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 266: On Being Peculiar (Esther 2:10)
Esther hid her heritage, but God calls His people to be peculiar, set apart, and distinct. Blending in won’t save us—standing out just might.
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Esther, Part Two: For Such a Time as This
Sermon #39 in 66 in 52: A One Year Journey Through the Bible October 1, 2023, Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, Alabama. James Jackson, Pastor Good morning! Please open your Bibles to Esther Chapter 4 Last week we began talking about the Book of Esther. It’s the only book in the Bible that never mentions God,…
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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…