Ezra and Nehemiah

Kathleen Nielson (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is an author and speaker who loves working with women in studying the Scriptures. After directing the Gospel Coalition’s women’s initiatives from 2010–2017, she now serves as senior adviser and book editor for TGC. She and her husband, Niel, make their home partly in Wheaton, Illinois, and partly in Jakarta, Indonesia. They have three sons, two daughters-in-law, and five granddaughters.J. I. Packer (1926–2020) served as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books, including the classic bestseller Knowing God. Packer also served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the ESV Study Bible.Dane C. Ortlund (PhD, Wheaton College) serves as senior pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of Gentle and Lowly and Deeper. Dane and his wife, Stacey, have five children.Lane T. Dennis (PhD, Northwestern University) is the former president and CEO of Crossway. Before joining Crossway in 1974, he served as a pastor in campus ministry at the University of Michigan (Sault Ste. Marie) and as the managing director of Verlag Grosse Freude in Switzerland. He is the author and/or editor of three books, including the Gold Medallion-award-winning book Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer, and he is the former chairman of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Dennis serves as the chairman of the ESV (English Standard Version) Bible Translation Oversight Committee and as the executive editor of the ESV Study Bible. Lane and his wife, Ebeth, live in Wheaton, Illinois.

• Series Preface: J. I. Packer and Lane T. DennisWeek 1: Overview of Ezra and NehemiahWeek 2: The First Return—by God's Stirring (Ezra 1-2)Week 3: Temple Rebuilding—and Opposition (Ezra 3-4)Week 4: Rebuilding Again—and Resolution (Ezra 5-6)Week 5: A Second Return—by God's Good Hand (Ezra 7-8)Week 6: People Rebuilding—and Confession (Ezra 9-10)Week 7: A Third Return—by God's Good Hand (Nehemiah 1-2)Week 8: Wall Rebuilding—in Spite of Opposition (Nehemiah 3-6)Week 9: People Rebuilding—around God's Word (Nehemiah 7-8)Week 10: Confession—in Response to God's Word (Nehemiah 9-10)Week 11: Celebration—in Light of God's Word (Nehemiah 11-12)Week 12: Summary and Conclusion (Including Nehemiah 13)