What has Nehemiah to do with faith and vocation? The character and context of Nehemiah seems so out of touch with twenty-first century living. I do not know of anyone who works, or has worked, under a king as a cupbearer. However, this application of Scripture for life and vocation is shallow. When read carefully,...
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When faced with a large number of potential careers, young adults are often paralyzed by the choice. They so often want to “not get it wrong” that they can find it almost impossible to make any choice, often running to others to make the choices for them. The problem, of course, is that in the...
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Nehemiah got angry. He got angry when he heard the outcry and words of the people. Often in Christian circles, anger is seen as a sinful emotion. Sometimes it seems that any emotion outside of joy, happiness, and trust is sinful. In conservative Christian environments we act as if all is right with our personal...
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There are times when I read the Bible that the people and their cultures seem so far away from me that I feel detached from the story. Their lives are so different from mine in how they eat, dress, where they live, etc. Yet the more I read and dissect their lives, the more I...
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