Work in Progress: Sword and Trowel (Nehemiah 4)
An episode of the Chattanooga Valley Baptist Church podcast, hosted by Brian Carroll, titled "Work in Progress: Sword and Trowel (Nehemiah 4)" was published on February 15, 2026 and runs 39 minutes.
February 15, 2026 ·39m · Chattanooga Valley Baptist Church
Summary
God’s enemies work overtime to stop his Kingdom through ridicule, fear, and threat. Nehemiah’s answer is simple and steady: pray, post a guard, and keep building. In other words, God’s work requires both a trowel and a sword, constructive obedience in one hand and watchful resistance in the other. The danger for us is drifting into one ditch or the other: building without vigilance or fighting without building. Today we’re talking about what it means to remember the Lord, protect what matters, and keep putting stone on stone until the wall goes up.Now, let’s turn our attention to Pastor Brian for this week’s sermon from Nehemiah, chapter 4, titled, “Sword and Trowel.”
Episode Description
God’s enemies work overtime to stop his Kingdom through ridicule, fear, and threat. Nehemiah’s answer is simple and steady: pray, post a guard, and keep building. In other words, God’s work requires both a trowel and a sword, constructive obedience in one hand and watchful resistance in the other. The danger for us is drifting into one ditch or the other: building without vigilance or fighting without building. Today we’re talking about what it means to remember the Lord, protect what matters, and keep putting stone on stone until the wall goes up.
Now, let’s turn our attention to Pastor Brian for this week’s sermon from Nehemiah, chapter 4, titled, “Sword and Trowel.”
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