The Book of Nehemiah is often called the “book of building programs,” but that misses its main theme.

Nehemiah was the “cupbearer” (Nehemiah 1:1, 11) to the Persian king Artaxerxes I (r. 465-425 B.C.) Nehemiah 2:1 (RSV) In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was ...

"There was a time when this community was known as the murder capital of the state of New York," said The Reverend David Brawley, of St. Paul Community Baptist Church in East Brooklyn, N.Y. A lot of ...

We are currently living in a nation that desperately needs leaders who are resolute in standing upon the principles created by our Founding Fathers. It is these tenets of freedom and liberty that have ...