Nehemiah — Book Overview
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in a time of widespread, institutional decay. The walls of our civilization are broken down, and the gates have been burned with fire. And in response to this, the modern church has largely offered two solutions, both of them catastrophic failures. When modern Christians read their Bibles, they have a tendency to let their eyes glaze over when they come to passages like this one. We see lists of names, we see census data, we see accounting ledgers, and we think it is the biblical equivalent of the fine print in a legal document. We come now to the end of Nehemiah's account, and we find it is not a quiet retirement. Reformation is not a one-time event; it is a constant, dogged, and often messy business. A garden that is gloriously weeded in the spring will be a riot of thorns by late summer if left untended.
This overview explores the whole book. Read the explanations sampled in this summary: