Read Genesis 15, Nehemiah 4, and Psalm 14. This devotional is about Nehemiah 4. Nehemiah lived and led Jerusalem as a civic leader at the same time that Ezra was leading the people spiritually. As we read the book of Ezra, we saw how the temple was rebuilt, worship was reinstated, and God’s word was […]
Genesis 13, Nehemiah 2, Psalm 12
Read Genesis 13, Nehemiah 2, and Proverbs 1:20-33. This devotional is about Genesis 13. Abram and Lot must have had some kind of close personal relationship. Genesis 11:31 told us that Lot was Abram’s nephew. The fact that Lot went with Abram (12:4) when Abram left Ur suggests a close, personal friendship between Abram and Lot, […]
Genesis 9-10, Ezra 9, Psalm 9
Read Genesis 9-10, Ezra 9, and Psalm 9. This devotional is about Ezra 9. Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Sometimes you don’t get a choice; Ezra didn’t get one. Things were going well in Jerusalem, finally. God’s people were back in the Promised Land, they were rebuilding God’s temple […]
Genesis 7, Ezra 7, Psalm 7
Read Genesis 7, Ezra 7, Psalm 7. This devotional is about Ezra 7. Isn’t it interesting that this book of the Bible is named after someone who doesn’t appear until chapter 7? And, the book of Ezra only has 10 chapters, so the man Ezra is absent from most of it. And yet, it is […]
Four Areas of Leadership (Lombardi)
Michael Lombardi is a former NFL executive. He’s worked for many teams in the league and has written several books on the NFL, often focusing on leadership. How successful was Lombardi as an executive? That’s hard to say; however, he has worked for some iconic, successful NFL coaches: Bill Walsh, Al Davis, and Bill Belichick. […]
You Belong in Church Because This Is Where the Truth Lives
Handout 1 Timothy 3:1-15 (NIV) 3 Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover […]