Day 274: Perseverance in Opposition (2023)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 1 October 2023

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Summary

Fr. Mike continues to describe Nehemiah’s process of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and encountering a variety of challenges in his calling. He explains that in doing God's work, we will often face internal or external opposition which we must meet with prayer and perseverance, trusting God entirely. Today’s readings are Nehemiah 4-5, Esther 11-12, and Proverbs 20:27-30.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Fr. Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where
0:07.5	we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture.
0:10.6	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension, using the great adventure
0:13.8	Bible timeline.
0:14.8	We'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation
0:18.1	unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
0:20.0	It is day 274.
0:21.8	We are deep in Nehemiah.
0:22.8	We're reading Nehemiah chapters 4 and 5 also, we're beginning the Book of Esther.
0:27.0	When we begin the Book of Esther here in the Revised Standard Version, I'll get to
0:30.6	that in just a second.
0:31.6	So, we're also reading Esther 11 and 12, Shock, Plot, Twist, and we're also reading Proverbs
0:37.1	chapter 20 verses 27 through 30.
0:39.3	As always, as I said, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the Revised Standard
0:42.3	Version, Second Catholic Edition.
0:43.3	I'm using the great adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:45.1	Why does that matter?
0:46.1	It matters because the Book of Esther is complicated.
0:49.4	There's the story of Esther that is widely accepted by all Christians, essentially.
0:54.0	And there are a number of chapters in Esther that are not necessarily accepted by all Christians.
0:58.1	In fact, just like when Martin Luther in 1521, was it 1521, 1519, took out the seven books,
1:04.5	the Deuteronical Books.
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