by Justin Marple | Mar 3, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
After the second step dealing with the subtheme of Ezra’s spiritual wall, Nehemiah 1-6 turns us to the major theme of this half of Ezra-Nehemiah. This major theme is that of a physical wall around Jerusalem – Nehemiah’s wall. Of course, once this wall...
by Justin Marple | Feb 25, 2015 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! Last month I made a few observations about baptism and how it serves to shape our desires, develop our imagination, mold our habits and set us apart for our calling from God. Baptism is not something that we observe every...
by Justin Marple | Feb 18, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
In Doug Green’s outline, Ezra 7-10 is the second step of the first half of the book. The first step was now complete as the Temple was rebuilt and dedicated. Yet the physical ‘house of God’ was not complete because now we have in mind all of...
by Justin Marple | Feb 10, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
This entry focuses on the introduction (Ezra 1:1-2:70) and first step (Ezra 3:1-6:22) of the first half of Ezra-Nehemiah. These chapters cover material before the namesakes Ezra or Nehemiah appear on the scene. Some would argue that the whole of this section is a...
by Justin Marple | Jan 29, 2015 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! In our survey of the order of worship over these last several months we now come to the first of the two sacraments of the Christian faith – the sacrament of baptism. This is not a sacrament that we observe every Sunday, by...
by Justin Marple | Jan 26, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
Ezra-Nehemiah is one book and should be read as one book. The book was probably written around 400 B.C., as suggested in the Dillard-Longman introduction, but they note that it is possible that it was not completed until as late as 300 B.C. In any case, it was not...
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