This past week in my sermon on Esther 9, I discussed the significance and necessity of reading scripture; for just as the Jews who...

Esther nine, in many ways, is an obscene and primitive text to the modern reader. It includes the mandated killing of 75,000 Persians...

Ironic Providence Defined God’s providence is potentially the most ubiquitous theme in Esther. In the story, God’s will is consistently...