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Nehemiah Explained: Understanding the Book and Its Message for Today
Paperback
Series: Bible for Modern Life, Book 22
Publisher Price: $14.99
ISBN13: 9781972885178
Publisher: Focused Ascent, LLC
Published: Sep 16 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What does it mean to keep rebuilding when the threats are real and the walls are still only half-finished? Nehemiah Explained walks through one of the Old Testament's most practical books on leadership under pressure: the story of a Jewish cupbearer in the Persian court who hears that Jerusalem's walls lie in ruins, prays for months before he acts, and then rebuilds the entire wall in fifty-two days, despite mockery, sabotage, and threats of violence from without, and exploitation of the poor from within.
When his enemies scheme against him, Nehemiah's answer is as simple as it is demanding: We prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat. This volume covers the book's historical setting, structure, and key themes; corrects common misreadings; and offers reflection questions for personal or group study.
Part of the Bible for Modern Life series, this book helps readers engage Scripture not as a relic but as a living word for the work of rebuilding something that matters.
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