Posts by Dr. Alice Maria Crawford

So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own…

When we last looked at Nehemiah, Sanballat and Tobiah were constantly trying to intimidate him. The wall was half-way up and they felt that they could threaten him enough to…

There are no words today  – only a prayer for Daisy James and the entire James family as we mourn the going home of a soldier, DeCarlos James. He exemplified…

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Have you ever heard the old adage,"if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again"! Well, we know someone who has heard it, and that is the enemy of our…

It has been said that "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely". This was true of some of the Jewish officials and noblemen at the time of Nehemiah: All the…

Nehemiah as has been previously stated was a wise and shrewd leader. He had not gotten caught up in the glitz and glamour of the King’s courtyard while serving as the King’s cupbearer.…

 If you think you are going to go forward in pursuing a dream, even a God ordained one and not face opposition, then you should ask Nehemiah. Nehemiah had won…

Throughout chapter 3 of Nehemiah, each gate around the perimeter was discussed as to the sequence and also who built it. We see a couple of things in this. First…

When Nehemiah entered the city of Jerusalem, he went by night, alerting no one of his inspections, except a small group of men who were with him. Nehemiah had a…