The Feast of Tabernacles – Nehemiah 8:13-18

Sep 14, 2020 | Sunday Evening

This chapter begins on the first day of Tishri – the Jewish New Year according to one calendar – and the seventh month of the year according to the other. It was also the first day of three important Festivals – Trumpets, Tabernacles and the Day of Atonement. On this...

September 13

Sep 10, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History

John Taylor Jones was born into a Massachusetts Congregational family. While he was attending Andover College in preparation of becoming a Protestant minister, the Lord taught him the truth, and he began to attend the Baptist’s Newton Seminary. He was baptized and...

The Congregation in Worship – Nehemiah 8:5-6

Sep 10, 2020 | Wednesday

This evening, we are dealing with a couple things which have always confused me. We have all heard good Baptist people refer to the Sunday morning service as a “Worship Service,” but I’ve often wondered where the worship is. My preference is to think of the 11 o’clock...

August 6

Sep 4, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History

At the close of the Revolutionary war Robert Carter was one of the wealthiest men in Virginia, owning 70,000 acres. He was a friend of other rich and powerful people including Thomas Jefferson. On this day (September 6) in 1778, Carter faced an audience of about 400...

Joyful Strength – Nehemiah 8:1-12

Sep 3, 2020 | Wednesday

Our text this evening are the famous words of verse10 – “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” Let me begin with a warning, I run the risk of making a few people slightly angry with me. How can I anger people by talking about joy? By destroying their misconceptions....

The Feast of Trumpets – Nehemiah 8:1-3

Aug 31, 2020 | Sunday Evening

This will be a relatively short but somewhat convoluted message this evening. I approach it with some trepidation, because I’m venturing into territory in which I have never felt particularly comfortable. But I’m hoping that it will be a blessing to you. Prior to the...

August 30

Aug 27, 2020 | This Sunday in Baptist History

Historians are pretty-well agreed that an Anglican from Gloucester, England, named Robert Raikes, started the first Sunday school.  It is also well-known that it had nothing to do with the Bible.  At a period when there were no child labor laws, Sunday was the only...

Ezra, the Scribe – Nehemiah 8:1-6

Aug 27, 2020 | Wednesday

We are now introduced to Ezra the scribe – at least as far as our study in Nehemiah is concerned. Of course, he has a ten chapter book of his own, which immediately precedes Nehemiah. I’ve referred to him in passing several times, but here in chapter 8 he stands front...

Odds and Ends – Nehemiah 7

Aug 24, 2020 | Sunday Evening

Praying over this chapter, the Lord didn’t lay on my heart any more specific sermons. This is mostly a long list of names which were important at the time and were far more interesting than they are today. But there are a few incidentals from which a lesson or two...

Faithful and Fearful – Nehemiah 7:1-3

Aug 23, 2020 | Sunday Morning

This will not exactly be a gospel message, even though that is my usual intention for a Sunday morning. Spurgeon once told his students: “Every message should eventually come around to the Lord Jesus Christ and His gospel.” And in a round about way, if you hang in...