# Ezra; Nehemiah Part 1 • Dr. Christina Olson • July 27 - August 2 • Come, Follow Me

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Published: 2026-07-22T14:00:00+00:00
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Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. Why would people rebuilding God’s temple start by building a wall against their own neighbors? Dr. Christina Olson explores Ezra and Nehemiah, the imperfect leaders, contested history, and hard boundary lines that bridge the Old and New Testaments. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/537P7zjqtQY ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.com FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followHIMpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast TIMECODE 0:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson 1:48 First impressions of Ezra and Nehemiah 4:15 Dr. Olson’s bio 7:38 Come, Follow Me Manual 8:25 What these names mean 9:45 Recap the exile and archeological evidence 14:59 First and Second Temple Periods 17:54 Why rebuild? 19:00 Ezra-Nehemiah as bridge to the New Testament 23:45 Cyrus’s edict and the return home 26:04 Why Ezra-Nehemiah is such a difficult read 30:59 The pattern of an ancient temple-building account 35:43 “Strangers in a strange land” – Identity and memory 39:29 Genealogies and staking a claim 40:00 Zerubbabel and Jeshua return 44:51 Weeping and joy at the temple foundation 46:13 The adversaries arrive 47:55 Exclusion and God using imperfection 52:41 How present-day conflicts get written 57:18 L…

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