Sermons on Ezra
Chapter 1
The Lord's Day Evening
February 3, 2008
Ezra 1:1-11
“Freedom!”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me if you would to the book of Ezra, the first chapter of the book of Ezra. You’ll find it in your pew Bibles on page 389.
We begin tonight a new series of sermons on the books...
Chapter 2
The Lord's Day Evening
February 10, 2008
Ezra 2:1-70
“Pilgrims Have Names!”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Last Sunday evening we began a brand new series on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Originally they were one book in the Hebrew canon. Somewhere in the fourth century A.D., they were separated out into two separate books, but we’ll...
Chapter 3
The Lord's Day Evening
February 17, 2008
Ezra 3:1-7
“Worship — The Goal of Missions”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now if you have your Bible with you or one in a pew just in front of you, turn with me to the book of Ezra, and the third chapter, and we're going to read down through verse...
The Lord's Day Evening
March 9, 2008
Ezra 3:8-13
Building for God
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me, if you would once again, to the book of Ezra. It's been a couple of weeks since we were in the book of Ezra. We are picking it up...
Chapter 4
March 16, 2008
Ezra 4:1-5
“Opposition — 1”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me, if you would once again, to the book of Ezra. And we come this evening to chapter 4. We've just sung together, “If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee”. It's what the people of God needed to do at this point in...
March 23, 2008
Ezra 4:1-24
“Opposition — 2”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me, if you would, to the book of Ezra, the book of Ezra. We are in the 4th chapter of the book of Ezra. We began last Lord's Day evening to...
Chapter 5
The Lord's Day Evening
April 13, 2008
Ezra 5:3-17
“Bureaucratic Meddling”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please be seated. Now turn with me once again to the book of Ezra (Ezra 5), and we're going to read the whole chapter together. Two weeks ago we were looking together at the opening two verses which summarize for us the...
Chapter 6
The Lord's Day Evening
April 20, 2008
Ezra 6:1-15
“Behold — The Temple!”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please be seated. Now turn with me once again to the book of Ezra. We come this evening to chapter 6. The people of God have been in captivity in Babylon; 586-587 B.C. was a devastating year in the life...
The Lord's Day Evening
May 4, 2008
Ezra 6:16-18
“Dedication”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me, if you would, to the book of Ezra, chapter 6. We’ll be reading in a few moments verses 16, 17, and 18… a relatively short reading this evening, but a very significant event. We’re going to go back two...
The Lord's Day Evening
May 11, 2008
Ezra 6:19-22
“Passover — Passed Over”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me if you would once again to the book of Ezra. The book of Ezra of course in our English canon occurs fairly early on, but historically of course it occurs right at the end, almost at...
Chapter 7
The Lord's Day Evening
May 18, 2008
Ezra 7:1-10
“Ezra — Entering Halfway Through the Book”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me once again, if you would, to the book of Ezra, and we come this evening to the first ten verses of chapter seven…Ezra 7:1-10. Before we read the passage together, let's look to...
The Lord's Day Evening
May 25, 2008
Ezra 7:11-28
“A Letter from Artaxerxes”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me once again to the book of Ezra…the book of Ezra. We’re in the seventh chapter. We began last Lord's Day evening to look at the opening section of chapter 7, where we were introduced for the...
Chapter 8
The Lord's Day Evening
June 1, 2008
Ezra 8:1-14
“More Names - Returnees”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Turn with me now if you would to the book of Ezra, chapter 8, and shortly we’ll be reading together the opening fourteen verses of Ezra 8.
A couple of weeks ago we made a transition from chapter...
The Lord's Day Evening
June 8, 2008
Ezra 8:15-20
“Priests”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me if you would once again to the book of Ezra. We are in chapter 8 of the book of Ezra. We were looking last week at the list of names from twelve different families who were returning with Ezra...
The Lord's Day Evening
June 15, 2008
Ezra 8:21-36
“Road Trip to Jerusalem”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me if you would to the book of Ezra…the book of Ezra once again. We come tonight to chapter eight, and we will pick up the reading at verse 21. We’ll be reading through to the end...
Chapter 9
The Lord's Day Evening
June 22, 2008
Ezra 9:1-15
“Prayer”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please be seated. You may be wondering why we have had a couple of hymns tonight that were dark and melancholy, and that's because the passage before us in Scripture tonight is dark and melancholy, and brooding. It's about sin. We’re going to...
Chapter 10
The Lord's Day Evening
July 6, 2008
Ezra 10:1-17
“Repentance in the Rain”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Dr. Thomas: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth. Let us worship God.
Reverend Billy Joseph: With boldness we do approach Your throne, O God, but we approach because...
The Lord's Day Evening
July 13, 2008
Ezra 10:18-44
“Named in Public–Guilty as Charged!”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please be seated. Now if you’re visiting with us this evening, I almost feel as though I must apologize once again. It's a list of names in the text this evening. Those of us who have been here in...