Grace Presbyterian Church - Alexandria, LA

Introduction A. Preliminaries Welcome to the start of our sermon series on the Book of Nehemiah. We wrapped up our sermon series on the book of Ezra recently. And you might be wondering why we are now moving to Nehemiah, since it is usually my preference to move back and forth between the Old and New…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. Well, as I’m sure most of you know, last Sunday, we tied up our sermon series on Ezra. And right now I am planning to proceed to Nehemiah. That is not my practice ordinarily. Ordinarily, I try to switch back and forth between an Old Testament Book and a New…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue and will conclude our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in Chapter 10 today. The first half of the chapter is narrative, and the second half or so is a list of names, so I will focus mainly on the first seventeen…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. Today’s sermon will be a brief diversion from our series on Ezra, in order to celebrate Trinity Sunday. In my weekly emails to all of you, we have been going over our Mission Statement delivered by the Session earlier this year. And I want us to start by saying…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in Chapter 9 today. There are only 10 chapters in Ezra so we are nearing the end. We’ll have another week or two in Ezra. So by way of reminder, Ezra has arrived in Jerusalem…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in Chapter 8 It’s been 2 weeks since we were last in Ezra, so let me refresh your memory. Ezra is looking back on the preaparations he made for the journey before coming to…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in at the start of Chapter 8. We have met Ezra who comes onto the scene decades after the Temple is rebuilt. He comes with credentials and a mission and a passion to extol…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in at the start of Chapter 8. We have met Ezra who comes onto the scene decades after the Temple is rebuilt. He comes with credentials and a mission and a passion to extol…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in the 11th verse of the 7th Chapter. So we are starting with 7:11. Last week, we met Ezra, who comes onto the scene decades after the Temple is rebuilt. He comes with credentials…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series in the Book of Ezra this morning. We are in Chapter 7, and there are only 10 chapters so we are more than halfway through. We will begin with verse 1, in Chapter 7, which you can find on the bottom of page 463 if you’re using the…

Introduction Good morning. And Happy Easter. This morning we will be looking at one of the most famous texts concerning the Resurrection of the Son of God. The 15th Chapter of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. In Chapter 15, Paul has been reviewing the Gospel that he preached to the Corinthians…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. We continue our series on the book of Ezra this morning. And as you might recall, last Sunday, we really hit the high point of everything we’ve been waiting for. The Temple is built! And the first thing they do is throw a party. So to speak. Please join me…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. We continue our series on the book of Ezra this morning. And as you might recall, last Sunday, we really hit the high point of everything we’ve been waiting for. The Temple is built! And the first thing they do is throw a party. So to speak. Please join me…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We will continue our sermon series on the Book of Ezra this morning, and I would like to direct you to chapter 6 in your Bibles. By way of reminder, let me help you recall what has happened. The Prophets Haggai and Zechariah have called the people back to the…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series this morning on the Book of Ezra. If you would please turn with me in your Bibles to Ezra, Chapter 5. Last week, we covered how things were going in Jerusalem, and they were not so good. The people in spite of God’s command to…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series this morning on the Book of Ezra. If you would please turn with me in your Bibles to Ezra 5:1-2 Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series this morning on the Book of Ezra. If you would please turn with me in your Bibles to Ezra 4:1-4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord , the God of Israel,…

Introduction Good morning. We continue our sermon series this morning on the Book of Ezra, and we arrive today at Chapter 3, which is one of the most important parts of Ezra’s narrative. The exiles have returned, and they finally get to work. Originally, I was going to preach through the entire third…

Introduction Good morning. We continue our sermon series this morning on the Book of Ezra, and we arrive today at Chapter 3, which is one of the most important parts of Ezra’s narrative. The exiles have returned, and they finally get to work. Originally, I was going to preach through the entire third…

Introduction We continue our sermon series this morning through the Book of Ezra, which is a book about hope, disappointment, promise-keeping, redemption, revival, and reformation. Last Sunday we surveyed Chapter 1, and this today we will do the same with Chapter 2. So if you will turn in your Bibles…

Introduction So this morning we begin our series in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, and as we saw last Sunday, we will be focusing throughout on the concepts of Reformation and Revival. So we will look at Chapter 1 this morning, if you will join me in verse 1. In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,…

Introduction, Part One: Why Ezra? Good Morning. As I’m sure most of you know, last Sunday, we concluded our series through the Apostles’ Creed. My hope and prayer is that it was a blessing to you. It was a sermon series about foundations. And it seemed good to me to follow a sermon series about foundations…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. As many of you are no doubt aware, this Sunday is the concluding sermon on our series on the Apostles’ Creed. I want to once more thank Neil Barham for co-preaching this with me. It’s been a great help to me during a very busy time. Bursting with blessing,…