Message 1
8/24/2025
Ballyhoo and Banquets
Or, Setting Up a Story of Providence
Esther 1:1-12
A series about God’s providential protection of His covenant people through Queen Esther’s courageous intervention against Haman’s genocidal plot in the Persian Empire. Key themes are divine providence, consecrated agency, and reversal of fortune for the wicked.
Message 1
8/24/2025
Ballyhoo and Banquets
Or, Setting Up a Story of Providence
Esther 1:1-12
Message 2
8/31/2025
Vast Contempt
Or, The Law of Royal Vanity
Esther 1:13-22
Message 3
9/7/2025
The Royal Crown
Or, Fit to Please a King
Esther 2:1-18
Message 4
9/14/2025
Lots of Destruction
Or, A One-man Genocidal Lobby
Esther 2:19-3:15
Message 5
9/21/2025
Consecrated Agency
Or, For Such a Time as This
Esther 4:1-17
Message 6
9/28/2025
Providential Nerve
Or, Letting the Wicked Man Dig His Pit
Esther 5:1-14
Message 7
10/5/2025
Little Did He Know
Or, Haman's Special Day
Esther 6:1-14
Message 8
10/12/2025
A Foe and Enemy
Or, Haman Hangs Himself
Esther 7:1-10
Message 9
10/19/2025
Light and Gladness
Or, The Art of the Decree
Esther 8:1-17
Message 10
10/26/2025
A Fight for Their Lives
Or, The Very Day to the Contrary
Esther 9:1-19