Theology That Bites Back
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 ...
Introduction: Now if you have been following how this story has unfolded thus far, we have to this point seen that Vashti was likely courageous, that Ahasuerus was feckless and easily manipulated, ...
Introduction: In the first message, we considered the broad context and setting. As we come to treat the first chapter of Esther, we are looking at particular events that begin to drive a very intricate ...
Introduction: We are going to be studying the book of Esther, and most of the action in this book occurs in the ancient city of Susa. This was located about 300 miles southwest of modern Tehran, and ...
Introduction: We live in egalitarian times, and consequently I have selected a text which makes many moderate complementarians flinch, and which makes patriarchal types, of the eighth-grade-boy school ...
