SCRIPTURE: Ezra 4

This Sunday, we tackled a timely question: How should the church respond to opposition? It’s a challenging question in our day and age, especially in light of recent events. Clearly, synchronizing our beliefs to match the ideologies of the age is not an option. And yet, without realizing it, we may already have capitulated in ungodly or unfaithful ways.

When we muster the courage to stand our ground, what does that look like? Who (or what?) even is the opposition? What did this look like for the deported Jews in Jerusalem in the 6th century, and how does it differ for us today through the lens of the Cross? Fortunately, Scripture has plenty of answers for us as we dive into Ezra 4 today

Though we are walking through Ezra-Nehemiah, our subtitle is: Rediscovering Our ...