#227: "Dream Small" by Josh Wilson

More Than a Song - Discovering the Truth of Scripture Hidden in Today's Popular Christian Music

I was raised to dream big. It is part of our culture to want the next generation to have more than we had. So, when I heard the challenge offered by Josh Wilson in his song "Dream Small," I was inspired by the lyrics and this counter cultural idea.

Join me in a chapter you may just be tempted to skim over in Nehemiah where we see the significance of individual obedience...no matter how small.

On this week's episode I discuss:

• Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
  • Read in context
  • Consider the historical context
  • Remember the people in the Bible were REAL
  • Use outside resources
• The historical context leading up to Nehemiah 3 using an outside resource - The Bible Timeline
• How I discussed the timelines of the rebuilding of the Jerusalem walls in Episode 203
• Daniel as a counselor to King Cyrus who decrees the resettlement of Jerusalem fulfilling a very specific prophecy about him by Isaiah 150 years prior - Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 45:1
• The first wave of captives allowed to return to Jerusalem - Ezra 1:1-4
• Ezra and Nehemiah and a little bit about their backgrounds - Ezra 7:8-10, Nehemiah 1
• What I discovered about the significance of the gates that were rebuilt in Nehemiah 3
• The free outside resource that I discovered by Dr. J. Vernon McGee - Online Article - "The Gospel in the Gates of Jerusalem"
• The audio discussion of Dr. J. Vernon McGee regarding the Gospel in the gates of Jerusalem
  • Session 1 - beginning at minute 14:48 - Online Audio Podcast Thru the Bible
  • Session 2 - beginning at minute 4:27 - Online Audio Podcast Thru the Bible
  • Session 3 - beginning at minute 3:30 - Online Audio Podcast Thru the Bible
• The rebuilding of the gates beginning at the Sheep Gate - the gate through which the animals were brought in for sacrifice - a foreshadowing of Christ
• Not all will be so willing to do their part - Nehemiah 3:5
• Not all are asked to do what they are comfortable doing - Nehemiah 3:8
• Sometimes tending to your home and neighborhood is enough - Nehemiah 3:23, Nehemiah 3:28-30
• Meshullam who rebuilt the part of the wall across from his bedroom - Nehemiah 3:30
• The opposition that reared its ugly head - Nehemiah 4

Additional Resources

• Lyrics
• Chords

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