Nehemiah had a respectable position personally serving the king in the very courts of power in the Persian Empire. He didn’t have to care about Jerusalem. But he did.
Palmer St. Podcast: Good Works
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Tag Archives: Jerusalem
Palmer St. Podcast: Rebuilding
Jerusalem was destroyed. The exiles who returned now had to rebuild the city beginning with the Temple. We might compare this to rebuilding after 9/11 or any of the personal “Ground Zeroes” that tragically upend our lives.
Ezra 1-6.mp3
(Sorry about the bit of silence at around the 38 minute mark. Not sure what happened there. If you keep listening, the sound comes back.)
- See Time article on 9/11. http://time.com/world-trade-center/
- Also see clip of Mayor Giuliani ‘s speech on the evening of 9/11/2001. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiA5NNjf7XQ
Palmer St. Podcast: Division and Decline
Perhaps the best thing we can say about the reign of Rehoboam son of Solomon is that it easily could have been worse. Another positive point is that repentance is always possible.
Palmer St. Podcast: Rediscovering the Book
Josiah was among the greatest kings that ever reigned in Jerusalem. In 1 Kings 22, we will see what motivated King Josiah, namely the accidental discovery of an unusually important book.
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