In an effort to catch up with my sermon posts, I’m actually uploading two sermons today: one from April 19 and the other from April 26. These represent the first two of an eventual five-message series focused on the book of Nehemiah, a series designed to dovetail with a capital campaign that my congregation is undertaking to pay for a new church facility.
A lot could probably be said about Nehemiah, about my personal goals for this series, and about my congregation’s building plan. And I actually hope that I get a chance to post a few reflections about these things somewhere along the way. But for today, perhaps we’ll all be better served if I just get to the point: