James Davison Hunter recently published To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World, which Justin Taylor and Douglas Wilson both blogged through, and Greg Gilbert reviewed.
Ezra set out to advance the kingdom of God, and seeking that agenda entailed nothing less than changing the world.
Ezra 7:10 tells us how Ezra went about seeking to change the world:
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.”
Here’s my attempt to exposit Ezra 7, “Change the World: Study the Bible.”