This Week’s Sermon

This Week’s Sermon

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...
Overflowing (10-26-2025)

Overflowing (10-26-2025)

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...
Whom Shall I Fear? (10-19-2025)

Whom Shall I Fear? (10-19-2025)

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...
Drawing the Line (10-12-2025)

Drawing the Line (10-12-2025)

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...
A Firm Foundation (10-05-2025)

A Firm Foundation (10-05-2025)

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...
At the Altar (09-28-2025)

At the Altar (09-28-2025)

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...