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Diligence

When Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, writes to King Darius to warn him that the people have restarted the building work, he includes this phrase in the letter – The work is being carried on with...

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Carry on regardless….

Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. Then Zerubbabel...

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The sound of joy and weeping

So in the last blog, we learnt this – On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had...

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Be yourself

Something a bit different today – a passage straight from Ezra 3, followed by some thoughts arising from it. When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people...

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What’s the point?

‘What’s the point?’ This is a question Andy asks me on a regular basis as he wanders around our house. Our house has taken a hammering over the years. Five boisterous kids who evolved...

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No way back

Seventy years is a long time. A very long time. It’s been seventy years since God’s people were exiled from Jerusalem and the temple ransacked and the city destroyed. Seventy years since family and...

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RE:

I want to tell you about an idea for a creative project I had a few years ago. This is the Introduction I wrote at the time – I have no idea where this...

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Well, hello Ezra!

Well, hello Ezra! It’s been a while. A few weeks in fact since we finished looking at 2 Chronicles. I don’t know about you, but there’s been plenty going on in my life. I’ve...