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Tabletalk Magazine, April 1997: Nehemiah—Let Us Build God’s City is unavailable, but you can change that!

Tabletalk magazine was formed in 1977 to provide a substantive study tool for believers. Though its format has changed over the years, Tabletalk continues to challenge and encourage readers to dig deeper into the Word of God in order that their lives may be transformed through the renewing of their minds (Rom. 12:1–2). Daily Bible studies are the method for taking readers through the Bible, while...

I drove him from me … Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan” (13:28–30). Nehemiah is not unique in redemptive history. The people of God in every era are called upon to relate to pagans around them. As the New Testament commands, Nehemiah honored the king and prayed for him. He was diligent to give civil obedience where possible without compromising the commands of God. He sought, as the Apostle Paul did, to live at peace with all men. But neither Nehemiah nor Paul was able to live at peace with
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