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  • Returnees (Ezra 2)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 28, 2025
     | 42 views

    Where do we find the faith once delivered?

    What would it be like returning to your land after 70 years of exile? How important are a faith community, a legacy of faithfulness and restoration of the faith? Let’s begin in Ezra 2. Who led the captive exiles from Babylon back to Jerusalem? These now are the people of the province who came ...read more

  • Returnees (Ezra 8)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 3, 2025
     | 25 views

    Return to our Shepherd?

    Does a return home of former captives relate to repentance and returning to God? Let’s look at Ezra 8. Who came up with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem? These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes: of the ...read more

  • Babylon Returnees (1 Chronicles 9)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 9, 2025
     | 87 views

    How is a generation like a mist?

    Do genealogies teach us life is temporary? What is the real legacy of a generation? Are even mundane duties important? Let’s look at 1 Chronicles 9. Which tribes settled in Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity? All Israel was listed in the genealogies recorded in the book of the kings of ...read more

  • Genesis 31:1-55 – Learning From A Toxic Workplace Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 28, 2015
     | 7,805 views

    It’s time to become a returnee and brave the journey to the land of promise. But is he prepared to lose his job to pursue his destiny? Are you?

    Genesis 31:1-55 – LEARNING FROM A TOXIC WORKPLACE He has been bullied into working for them for many years. Now he overhears his co-workers making derisive comments about him in a private conversation. They falsely accuse him of wrong-doing and attack his character. They don’t even ...read more

  • The List (Nehemiah 7)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 8, 2025
     | 47 views

    What list will we be on?

    Why does the Bible contain long lists of names? Are individuals important to God? Do we want our names on that final list? Let’s begin in Nehemiah 7. After finishing the wall and appointing gatekeepers, were many houses yet to be built? After the wall had been completed and its doors installed, ...read more

  • Keep A Promise

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 21, 2019
     | 2,610 views

    A study in the book of Ezra 4: 1 – 24

    Ezra 4: 1 – 24 Make promise, keep a promise 4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, ...read more

  • Keep Your Promise

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 21, 2019
     | 2,709 views

    A study in the book of Ezra 4: 1 – 24

    Ezra 4: 1 – 24 Make a promise, keep a promise 4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, ...read more

  • Promise Keepers

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 21, 2019
     | 4,881 views

    A study in the book of Ezra 4: 1 – 24

    Ezra 4: 1 – 24 Make promise, keep a promise 4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, ...read more

  • Keep A Promise

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 21, 2019
     | 2,749 views

    A study in the book of Ezra 4: 1 – 24

    Ezra 4: 1 – 24 Make promise, keep a promise 4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, ...read more

  • Taking Care Of What God Has Given Us

    Contributed by Travis L. Billings on Sep 28, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,546 views

    God is not only concerned with what is created, he is concerned with how we take care of what was created. Nehemiah began moving from the building project itself, to taking the necessary steps to insure that what was built (or created) would be protected and preserved.

    When he arrived, Nehemiah inherited leadership over three distinct groups of returnees to the land: • The returnees from 536-516 BCE, who lived and worked under Zerubbabel the governor, and were chastised by Haggai the prophet to get the work finished. • The returnees from 458 BCE, who came to the ...read more

  • Getting Started Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jun 2, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 13,529 views

    In this sermon we learn about the priority of worship and the Word of God.

    Introduction: A. The story is told of a minister who was giving the children’s sermon one day at his church. 1. He had decided to talk to the kids about how to write a good sermon, in hopes of inspiring some to grow up and go into the ministry or become a Sunday School teacher. 2. So he ...read more

  • Marrying Unbelievers (Ezra 9)

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 3, 2025
     | 30 views

    Why is God so against marrying unbelievers?

    Why is God so against business partnerships and marriages with those outside the faith? Let’s look at Ezra 9. Were some returnees from Babylon unfaithful to God? As is often the case, were princes and officials foremost guilty? Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, ...read more

  • Faux Wedding

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Mar 1, 2019
     | 5,761 views

    A study in the book of Ezra 10: 1 – 44

    Ezra 10: 1 – 44 Faux Wedding Ceremony 10 Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly. 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, ...read more

  • Put On A Smile

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Mar 7, 2019
     | 3,747 views

    A study in the book of Nehemiah 2: 1 - 20

    Nehemiah 2: 1 – 20 Put on a smiley face 2 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before. 2 Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face ...read more

  • Put On A Smiley Face

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Mar 8, 2019
     | 4,313 views

    A study in the book of Nehemiah 2: 1 – 20

    Nehemiah 2: 1 – 20 Put on a smiley face 2 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before. 2 Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face ...read more