Nehemiah is the account of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem is a symbol of the city of God, God's dwelling place and the center of life for the world. In an individual life, then, the rebuilding of the walls would be a picture of re-establishing the strength of that life. We have all met people whose defenses have crumbled away.
God can set a table in the wilderness. And that attention to how God is at work even in the desert may be a...
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.
The pursuit of holiness is a wonderful thing. That God, in His mercy and grace, would set apart a people unto Himself through the...