Phillip Graham Ryken writes in Thermelios: Ezra also had a mind for biblical truth. Perhaps the best example comes from Nehemiah 8, where Ezra gathers the Israelites to renew the covenant in Jerusalem. The heart of that renewal was the reading and preaching of God’s Word. Ezra gathered people in the square in front of the [...]
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Faithful Gospel Preaching
Posted: August 14, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, EzraTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, expository preaching, Ezra, Faithful Gospel Preaching, Scripture
“Genuine repentance must be primarily toward God.”
Posted: August 8, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, EzraTags: "Genuine repentance must be primarily toward God.", Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, repentance, Scripture, Steven Cole
Pastor Steven J. Cole of Flagstaff Christian Fellowship comments Ezra was prostrating himself and praying “before the house of God” (10:1). Shecaniah admits, “We have been unfaithful to our God” (10:2). It was with God that they made this covenant because they trembled at His commandment (10:3). They needed to confess their sins to the [...]
August 8 Ezra 10
Posted: August 8, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, EzraTags: August 8 Ezra 10, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ezr, Scripture
August 8 Ezra 10 (ESV) The People Confess Their Sin 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. 2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons [...]
How a person reacts to the news of sin tells a lot about that person.
Posted: August 7, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, EzraTags: attitude toward sin, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, confession of sin, daily Bible, Ezra, humility, repentance, Scripture, Steven Cole, The godly reaction to sin
Pastor Steven J. Cole of Flagstaff Christian Fellowship comments on Ezra 9: Because we are so desensitized toward sin, we fail to have the proper response toward it, whether it is our own sin, or sin in others. We minimize it, justify it, or ignore it and go on our way unaffected by it. If [...]
August 7 Ezra 9
Posted: August 7, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, EzraTags: August 7 Ezra 9, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ezra, Scripture
August 7 Ezra 9 (ESV) Ezra Prays About Intermarriage 9:1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, [...]
Trust in God’s Good Hand
Posted: August 6, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, EzraTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ezra, God's providence, providence of God, Scripture, Trust in God's Providence!, Trusting God
Ezra was ashamed to ask King Artaxerxes for an escort because he previously had told him, The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him. (Ezra 8:22) Almost as if Ezra knew Romans 8:28 says, And we know that for those [...]
August 6 Ezra 8
Posted: August 6, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, EzraTags: August 6 Ezra 8, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ezra, Scripture
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Ezra’s Unrelenting Ambition
Posted: August 5, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, EzraTags: According to the Gospel: Ezra 7:10, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ezra, grace, hand of God, Knowing God, Knowing God's Word, Scripture
Phillip Graham Ryken writes in Thermelios: Ezra was a great man—one of the all-time heroes of the faith. He had the will to lead; he had a heart for holiness; he had a mind for biblical truth. If we want to follow his example, we should ask what made him so great and so good. What [...]
August 5 Ezra 7
Posted: August 5, 2011 by Pam Larson in August Bible Readings, Bible Passages, EzraTags: August 5 Ezra 7, August Bible Readings, Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Ezra, Scripture
August 5 Ezra 7 (ESV) Ezra Sent to Teach the People 7:1 Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, 2 son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, 3 son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, 4 son of Zerahiah, son [...]
Getting “the sense”
Posted: August 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in August, Devotionals/Commentaries, Ezra, NehemiahTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, expository preaching, Ezra, Getting "the sense", Nehemiah, Scripture
Since we have just finished reading Ezra and Nehemiah, this article will bless you- John Piper, at Desiring God Blog: Here’s another reason I am joyfully committed to expository exultation, that is, preaching. Look at this amazing statement of what biblical exposition is like when it’s done well—in the power of God’s Spirit and riveted [...]