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Read 1 Samuel 25                 For our last Old Testament heroine, we circle back to consider Abigail, a wise and clever woman who no doubt saved many lives with her quick and decisive action.  She also saved David from doing something he most likely would have deeply regretted later.                 David, as you may remember,…

Read Daniel 6 So today we find Daniel in the court of a new Kingdom, the Persians.  Darius is the King.  Daniels’ faithfulness and service to King Nebuchadnezza (Babylon), His Son, Belshazzar (Babylon) and King Darius endeared himself to them so that even though he often was the bearer of bad news, they trusted him…

Read Daniel 3                 Today, we move to famous trio Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.  What’s that you say?  You’ve never heard of them?  Well, you might know them by the Babylonian names they were given – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.  Or if you’re a Veggie Tales fan, they are Rack, Shack, and Benny.  Whatever names…

Nehemiah 6                 So work on the walls continues under the leadership of Nehemiah but his faithful enemies don’t let up. In fact they plan to kill him. They pretend to want to “meet” and talk about their differences, but their plan is to take out Nehemiah and Nehemiah knows it. His response is genius.…

Read Nehemiah 5                 So the work continues on the walls of Jerusalem until internal struggles begin to cripple the workers.  Persian taxes were oppressive to the Jews – so overwhelming that many had to take out loans to pay the taxes.  It was Jewish businessmen that were giving the loans – and get this…

Read Nehemiah 4 Yesterday, we saw Nehemiah leading and inspiring all the tribes of Israel to do their part in building back the walls.  The work progressed impressively.  However, today in Chapter 4, we see there is opposition.  It’s important not to skip over this.  Whenever good work is moving forward, there will be opposition. …

Read Nehemiah 3                 We rejoin Nehemiah in Chapter 3.  Nehemiah, an Jewish official in the King of Persia’s court, hears about the crumbled walls of Jerusalem and is moved to do something.  He obtains permission and resources from the King and sets off to begin the task.  He shares his vision and it is…

Nehemiah 2:11-20 – I went to Jerusalem, and after staying there three days  I set out during the night with a few others. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no mounts with me except the one I was riding on. By night…

Nehemiah 1 – The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about…

Joshua 2 – Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy…