This is part 2 of 9 in a series about Jeremiah. Jeremiah was appointed to be a prophet before he was formed in the womb (1:5) and he was assigned his role at a very early age. Jeremiah rebutted, “I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth” (1:6). God replied,...
This is part 1 of 9 in a blog series about Jeremiah. Christmas was our time to celebrate the great coming of God down to earth in the flesh (John 1:14), entering our mess and beginning the clean-up operation. There are many foreshadows of Christ in the Old Testament,...
This is part 7 of 7 in a series about Nehemiah. When you have made significant progress in God’s work, the enemy will have no choice but to do his worst to stop you. After suffering through culture shock, mastering the local language, and building a network of locals...
This is part 6 of 7 in a series about Nehemiah. The startup phase is not just busy—it’s downright tumultuous. A good entrepreneur knows that sometimes she needs to lift her head up and work “on” the business and not just “in” the business. As such, if we aren’t...
This is part 5 of 7 in a series about Nehemiah. Nehemiah gains momentum, and then in 4:1-3 the opposition arrives. It comes via some traditional enemies of the Jews, but as is often the case—like the Jewish tax collectors in Rome 450 years later—there are Jewish...
This is part 4 of 7 in a series about Nehemiah. Nehemiah chapter 3 could easily be glossed over as one of those long-winded chapters in the Bible with a lot of names that are hard for us to pronounce. That would be a mistake. There is a simple but compelling reason...
There are few closed doors to doing business. The opportunities are as wide as a man's ingenuity, as deep as his character, and as high as his faith in God.
