Journey Through Esther, Ezra & Nehemiahഉദാഹരണം

Ezra: In Front of the Text

It turns out that the key issues in Ezra’s days have been with God’s people since time immortal. One way to think of our challenge is keeping pure in the face of the temptations to assimilate to the cultures around us.

Purity & Assimilation Today

Purity & Assimilation in Your Life

Reflect on areas of where you believe Christians generally have a hard time living in the tension between purity and cultural assimilation. These might be areas of fashion, media consumption (film, TV, social media, etc.), language, business ethics or other issues.

What steps are you prompted to take to adjust how you deal personally with these areas of struggle or tension?

Wrap-up

Nicole wraps up this lesson about Ezra, the book which starts with the good news of Cyrus’ invitation to return to the Promised Land but ends with the hard realities of living again in God’s covenant.