by Steve Thomason | May 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Job 1:6-2:10 Coming across these two chapters in our daily reading offers us a good opportunity to stop and look at a question that a lot of people have, but don’t like to talk much about. “Who is Satan?” From these chapters (and drawing from the full...
by Steve Thomason | May 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
Esther 6:1-7:10 Many times we can learn a great deal when we study the villain in a story. Haman is a classic villain in the drama of Esther. He is full of himself and is driven by the need to be idolized by everyone. His entire self-concept is wrapped up in the...
by Steve Thomason | May 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Esther 1:1-4:17 If you haven’t noticed yet, life tends to take many unexpected twists and turns along its course. As young people we tend to dream big dreams and set a course for ourselves that makes complete sense. If we are Christians during that...
by Steve Thomason | May 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Lesson 8: Remember and Repent Nehemiah 9 In chapter 9, while they were in the middle of the teaching and dedication of the wall, the people were led through a recap of the history of Israel. It is very important to periodically stop and remember from where you came...
by Steve Thomason | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Lessons 5-7 Lesson 5: Stay Focused Nehemiah 8:1-6 The actual building of the walls of Jerusalem took a mere, miraculous 52 days. When the walls were finished, Nehemiah made a very important decision. He invited Ezra to stand before all the people and read the...
by Steve Thomason | May 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we are going to start a three day mini-series that will walk us through the 11 Kingdom building lessons found in Nehemiah. We will be drawing an analogy between Nehemiah’s project of rebuilding the walls around the city of Jerusalem and our endeavor to build...
