16 illustrations referencing Nehemiah
In Life Is Beautiful, Guido Orefice convinces his young son that the Nazi concentration camp is an elaborate game. Points for hiding, staying quiet, not asking for food. The grand prize: a real tank.
Nehemiah Nehemiah was a powerful leader of God’s people living in Judea following the Exile. Nehemiah improved the morale and strength of God’s people in the midst of difficulty. Before Nehemiah ret
Nehemiah Nehemiah was a powerful leader of God’s people living in Judea following the Exile. Nehemiah improved the morale and strength of God’s people in the midst of difficulty. Before Nehemiah ret
In 2015, the American Bible Society completed a translation of Scripture into Bibleless languages for a small community of Kimyal people in Papua, Indonesia. When...
In 1943, a small congregation in Birmingham, Alabama gathered in a borrowed basement to plan their first church building. They had no architect, no contractor,...
In 1900, a hurricane flattened Galveston, Texas, killing over 6,000 people and leaving the survivors standing in a graveyard of splintered wood and salt-crusted rubble....
In October 1987, a lightning strike burned Harold Keim's dairy barn to the ground in Holmes County, Ohio. Forty-two Amish families showed up before dawn...
In 2019, a tornado carved a quarter-mile scar through Millbrook, Alabama, peeling roofs off homes and snapping a century-old oak across the entrance of Millbrook...
In the autumn of 1526, bales of cloth arrived at the London docks from Antwerp. Tucked inside the fabric were copies of William Tyndale's English...
In 1883, when the Brooklyn Bridge finally opened after fourteen years of construction, few remembered that its chief engineer, Washington Roebling, had been bedridden for...
In 1954, a young Brazilian architect named Oscar Niemeyer unrolled his blueprints across a dusty table in the middle of nowhere — literally. The Brazilian...
In the whimsical world of Monstropolis, the very fabric of society is woven from the fabric of fear. Imagine walking through the brightly colored streets, where the laughter of children is a distant echo, overshadowed by the chilling sounds of...
Teaching on Sabbath and Rest from Eusebius of Caesarea: Eusebius on Sabbath as Time for Scripture
Teaching on Prayer from John Cassian: The Arrow Prayer: Short Prayers Throughout the Day
Teaching on Scripture Meditation from Basil the Great: Basil the Great on Reading Scripture with Others
God of joy, circumstances don't always warrant celebration, but joy is deeper than happiness— it's rooted in You, not in outcomes. So today I choose joy. Not because everything is easy, but because