Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: One of the things we have wanted to do in our community is to figure out how to be “a Bible people” in all the details as we live together in the modern world. This entails learning how to think in biblical categories, and how to apply biblical principles to modern situations. And as …
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Introduction: We have arrived at the conclusion of this gripping story, and we are now in a position to take from it the central lesson. That lesson has to do with the driving force of Haman’s malice, and how Mordecai’s leadership prevented the Jews from falling into the same trap as did Haman. The Text: …
Introduction We are now on the verge of battle. The battle is not yet joined, but it is about to be. What was going to be an official slaughter, a purge, an extermination, a genocide, with the full ...
Introduction: And so Esther has set a very delicate trap, and we come now to the point where the trap is sprung. She had planted in the king’s mind the suspicion that Haman was up to no good, after something, possibly including her. She had planted unreasonable security in Haman’s mind, which was perhaps why …
A devotional at ACCS In this short devotional, I would like to draw some edification out of an apparent contradiction in Scripture. It is only apparent, not truly a contradiction, but there is certainly ...
Introduction: Sermon Video As we have noted, Esther is displaying a high level of courage, coupled with a shrewd understanding of the two men she is dealing with. One of them is her husband, the ...
Introduction: Sermon Video In this passage, we can see the envy and conceit of Haman on full display, as well as the shrewdness of Esther on full display. She knows how treacherous the terrain ...
Introduction: In this passage, the evil design that Haman has for all the Jews is revealed to everyone, and it hits like a thunderbolt. Mordecai reacts with great grief in the city of Shushan, but ...
Introduction: Thus far we have seen the writer of Esther setting the stage for the conflict, and it is here in this chapter that the conflict actually begins. In the aftermath of the discovery of an ...
