Sep 7, 2025 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
2 Chronicles 36:15–22 15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his...
Sep 14, 2025 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Ezra 1:1–11 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in...
Sep 22, 2025 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Ezra 2:1–3:1 1 Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town. 2 They came with...
Sep 28, 2025 | Sermon Notes, Ezra-Nehemiah
Ezra 3:8–13 8 Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and the Levites and all...
Oct 5, 2025 | Sermon Notes, Ezra-Nehemiah
Ezra 3:8–13 8 Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and the Levites and all...
Oct 12, 2025 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Ezra 4:1–24 1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ houses and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we worship...
Oct 19, 2025 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Brian Carroll / General Adult Work in Progress / Ezra 5:1–17 In Ezra 5, God’s people face fresh opposition—but this time, their response is different. Confronted by the prophets’ message, they remember who they are: servants of the Most High. When threatened, they...
Oct 26, 2025 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Ezra 6:1–18 1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored. 2 And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A...
Nov 2, 2025 | Sermon Notes, Ezra-Nehemiah
Ezra 6:19–22 19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the returned exiles kept the Passover. 20 For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their...
Nov 9, 2025 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Ezra 7:1–28 1 Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, 2 son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, 3 son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, 4 son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son...
Nov 16, 2025 | Sermon Notes, Ezra-Nehemiah
Ezra 8:1–36 1 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king: 2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush. ...
Nov 23, 2025 | Sermon Notes, Ezra-Nehemiah
Ezra 9:1–15 1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the...
Nov 30, 2025 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Ezra 10:1–44 1 While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly. 2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the...
Jan 4, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Building the Builder Part 1 Pastor Brian Carroll Work in Progress / Nehemiah 1:1–11 In Nehemiah 1:1–6, we see a leader whose first response to brokenness is not action, but prayer that lingers. Nehemiah doesn’t rush past grief or seek quick solutions; he sits with the...
Jan 11, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Building the Builder Part 2 Pastor Brian Carroll Work in Progress / Nehemiah 1:1–11 In Nehemiah 1, persistent prayer doesn’t begin with requests for change, but with honest confession. As Nehemiah intercedes for Jerusalem, he identifies fully with the sins of his...
Jan 11, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Building the Builder - Part 3 Brian Carroll / General Adult A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 1:1-11 In Nehemiah chapter 1, verses 8 through 11, we hear a prayer that knows where it’s going. After months of grief and confession, Nehemiah begins to pray with purpose,...
Jan 25, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Prayer Walks Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 2:1-10 The first chapter of Nehemiah ends with prayer. The second chapter begins with movement. After months on his knees, Nehemiah now stands before the king. His grief is visible, his fear is real, and...
Feb 1, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Searching the Shadows Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 2:11-20 In Nehemiah 2:11–20, Nehemiah arrives in Jerusalem and does something unexpected. He doesn’t make a speech. He doesn’t announce a plan. He quietly surveys the ruins....
Feb 8, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
The Common Good Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 3:1-32 God builds His kingdom through ordinary people doing assigned work with shared purpose, so no one’s part is pointless and no one’s presence is optional. In Nehemiah 3, you don’t just see a wall...
Feb 15, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Sword and Trowel Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 4:1-23 God’s enemies work overtime to stop his Kingdom through ridicule, fear, and threat. Nehemiah’s answer is simple and steady: pray, post a guard, and keep building. In other words, God’s work...
Feb 22, 2026 | Sermon Notes, Ezra-Nehemiah
The Enemy Within Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 5:1-19 If Nehemiah was expecting trouble, he probably assumed it would come from outside the walls. But in Nehemiah 5, the real crisis breaks out inside the community. The people doing the rebuilding...
Mar 1, 2026 | Sermon Notes, Ezra-Nehemiah
Fear Has No Power Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 6:1-19 In Nehemiah, chapter 6, we find that the wall is nearing completion. However, as that work finishes, Nehemiah faces his greatest threat yet: fear. His enemies use lies, pressure, and false...
Mar 8, 2026 | Sermon Notes, Ezra-Nehemiah
Undeniable Evidence Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 6:15-7:4 In Nehemiah six and seven, the evidence starts stacking up in plain sight. The wall is finished, and nobody can explain it away. The nations around Jerusalem see the outcome and realize...
Mar 15, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
The Stand Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 8:1-8 By Nehemiah 8, the wall is complete, but the most important moment is still ahead. The people gather together and ask for the Word of God to be read, and when the Book is opened, the entire assembly...
Mar 22, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
The Fortress Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 8:9-18 Jerusalem’s walls finally stood again! For months, Nehemiah and the people had hauled stones, set gates, and rebuilt what war and exile had torn down. The city that once lay in ruins now stood...
Apr 5, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Faithful Still Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 9:1-38 By the time we reach Nehemiah 9, the people of God pause to remember where they’ve been and how faithful the Lord has been to them every step of the way. Their history is marked by human failure,...
Apr 12, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
REARRANGED Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 10:1-39 Nehemiah 10 marks a turning point where conviction gives way to commitment and repentance becomes visible. The people don’t just confess their sin. They begin to reorder their lives around what...
Apr 19, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Moving Day Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 11-13 On “Moving Day,” we discover that God’s work isn’t complete when something is rebuilt—it’s complete when His people step in and live it out. In Nehemiah 11–12, the people of God are called to leave...
Apr 26, 2026 | Ezra-Nehemiah, Sermon Notes
Slow Fade Pastor Brian Carroll A Work in Progress / Nehemiah 13:1-31 Most people don’t walk away from faith in a single moment—they drift. Not with a bang, but with a quiet series of small compromises that hardly feel like compromise at all. Nehemiah 13 pulls back the...
