Coins for the Building Fund

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church March 19, 2023 Ezra 2:64-70 and 3:11-13 Intro to Worship: In scripture, you sometimes get to hear different perspectives of the same story. Today in worship, we’ll hear a story from the Book of Ezra about how the Hebrew people came home from exile in Babylon and rebuilt…

Return of the Jews

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho December 14, 2019 Ezra 1:1-4, 3:1-4, 10-13 As we’ve learned throughout the fall, the Jews had been carted off to exile in Babylon initially in 586 BCE.  Their temple destroyed by Nebachadnezzer. Their lives upended. But then Persia had become the dominant power in the…