This week we’re in the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian tradition, reading the story of the people’s return from exile as told in Ezra 1:1-4 and 3:1-13. We reflect on the varying roles of the exiles in this text, some of whom return to Judea to do the hard work of rebuilding the temple while others remain in Babylon to support the rebuilding financially. We think about the resonances of this rebuilding with the story of Solomon’s original construction of the first temple, recalling the former temple in all its glory but also remembering a time when Israel worshiped God in the wilderness without a permanent building at all. And we ponder the generational experience in this text, some in the older generations weeping at the sight of the new temple foundation being laid while others in the younger generation shout in jubilant praise. And through it all we hear the refrain, “God is good; God’s graciousness for Israel lasts forever.”
Episode 457 ECONOMIC JUSTICE The Poor Will Always Be with You (John 12:1-8) REPLAY
Episode 456 ECONOMIC JUSTICE The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:7-15) REPLAY
Episode 455 ECONOMIC JUSTICE The Eye of the Needle (Luke 4:16-21 and 18:18-30) REPLAY
Episode 454 ECONOMIC JUSTICE What Does the Lord Require of You? (Micah 6:6-15 and 7:1-7) REPLAY
Episode 453 ECONOMIC JUSTICE Economics and Holiness (Leviticus 19:9-18 and 33-37) REPLAY
Episode 452 ECONOMIC JUSTICE Biblical Faith and Debt Forgiveness (Deuteronomy 15:1-11 and 24:10-15) REPLAY
Episode 451 SUMMER SERIES Bathsheba (1Kings 1:1--40) REPLAY
Episode 450 SUMMER SERIES Rahab (Joshua 2:1-24 and 6:2-4) REPLAY
Episode 449 SUMMER SERIES The Daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 27:1-11 and 36:1-12)
Episode 448 SUMMER SERIES Miriam (Exodus 2:1-10 and Numbers 12:1-16)
Episode 447 SUMMER SERIES Tamar (Genesis 38:1-26) REPLAY
Episode 446 SUMMER SERIES Sarah and Hagar (Genesis 16:1-16 and 21:8-21)
Episode 445 Longing for Redemption (Acts 2:1-4 and Romans 8:14-39)
Episode 444 Baptized into Death (Romans 6:1-14)
Episode 443 Justified by Faith (Romans 3:28-30 and 5:1-11)
Episode 442 From Faith for Faith (Romans 1:1-17)
Episode 441 Paul and Barnabas in Lystra (Acts 13:1-3 and 14:8-18)
Episode 440 Peter and Cornelius (Acts 10:1-17 and 34-48)
Episode 439 The Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20)
Episode 438 The Resurrection (Matthew 28:1-10)
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