RWM Sunday Pulpit

Ezra and Nehemiah expose Israel’s compromise, lead public confession, and recount God’s faithful mercy, showing repentance, covenant renewal, and the danger of mingling.

Why Christ’s cross was tragedy, injustice, and ignorance, yet through the resurrection God turned evil into triumph, hope, victory over death, and salvation by grace.

Explore Palm Sunday as a genuine kingdom offer: crowds proclaim Jesus King, national leadership resists, crisis accelerates, and the cross follows rejection—not inevitability today alone.

Ezra receives Artaxerxes’ letter, granting authority, resources, and tax exemptions. Leaders gather, Levites recruited, offerings entrusted, fast proclaimed, and God protects the journey to Jerusalem.

Micah exposes injustice, calls God’s people to repent, pursue justice, love mercy, walk humbly, and trust God’s promise of restoration through faithful, covenant-keeping love.

Ezra receives Artaxerxes’ letter, granting authority, resources, and tax exemptions. Leaders gather, Levites recruited, offerings entrusted, fast proclaimed, and God protects the journey to Jerusalem.

Man reflects God’s triune nature: spirit, soul, and body. Scripture shows parallels between the Holy Spirit and human spirit, the Father and soul, and the Son and body.

Hosea ministered during Israel’s prosperity and decay, embodying God’s covenant love by marrying Gomer, naming prophetic children, warning judgment, and promising restoration through redeeming grace.

Ezra, a priestly scribe, returns to Jerusalem with God’s favor, leading Israelites, teaching Torah obedience, and receiving Persian authorization, resources, exemptions, and gratitude.

Amos, a shepherd from Tekoa, prophesied against Israel's social injustice and empty worship during prosperity, warning of certain judgment while promising future restoration.

The temple was completed in Adar, dedicated joyfully with sacrifices, and Passover was celebrated again with purified priests, returning exiles, and converts who separated from paganism.

Isaiah prophesied during tumultuous times, encountering God's holiness, confronting kings with faith, and declaring the coming Davidic King who would reign eternally with righteousness.

Darius discovers Cyrus' decree authorizing temple reconstruction, confirms funding from regional tribute, mandates sacrificial provisions, and orders Tattenai to cease interference—ensuring swift completion.

Prophetic voices restart temple construction, opposition appeals to Persia, work continues under scrutiny, and Israel’s case is lawfully presented to Darius, setting the stage for vindication.

Jonah flees God's call to Nineveh, is swallowed by a fish, reluctantly preaches, and struggles when God shows mercy to repentant enemies.

Elisha's prophetic ministry demonstrated God's sustaining power through miracles of provision, healing, and restoration—authority that transcended borders, outlasted death, and sustained a nation without revival.

Ezra 4 shows opponents posing as allies, weaponizing imperial bureaucracy and fear of rebellion to halt Jerusalem’s rebuilding until Darius restores momentum again later.

Ezra traces restoration: altar to foundation, worship before completion, joy and tears mingled, and principled refusal of compromised cooperation as opposition emerges against covenant faithfulness.

Shemaiah, the man of God, stopped a civil war with one command, proving prophetic authority overrides political logic and prevents covenantal bloodshed.

Ahijah announced Israel's division as covenant judgment, offered Jeroboam conditional kingship, then prophesied his dynasty's destruction for idolatry and disobedience.

Tracing the return from exile, we reconstruct the seventh-month feast, altar restoration, leadership roles, and Ezra–Nehemiah timelines to show worship restored before walls or temple.

Nathan served as God's prophet, delivering the Davidic Covenant, rebuking David's sin with Bathsheba, and ensuring Solomon's rightful succession to Israel's throne.

A fresh, text-first examination of the Magi, December 25, and Gospel chronology—challenging tradition, testing assumptions, and restoring coherence between Matthew and Luke.

Nehemiah completed Jerusalem's walls with few inhabitants. He appointed his faithful brother as security chief, then documented the initial returnees. Nearly 50,000 exiles would later repopulate the city.