Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-418) and indexes.

Ezra: the man of God's word -- Sweet land of liberty! (Ezra 1:1-11) -- Pilgrims have names (Ezra 2:1-70) -- Worship, the goal of missions (Ezra 3:1-6a) -- The work of building God's house (Ezra 3:6b-13) -- Opposition and discouragement (Ezra 4:1-5) -- Lessons from a century of opposition (Ezra 4:6-24) -- Bureaucratic meddling (Ezra 5:1-17) -- Behold, the temple! (Ezra 6:1-15) -- Dedicating the temple (Ezra 6:16-18) -- Passover, past over! (Ezra 6:19-22) -- Ezra, entering half way through the Book! (Ezra 7:1-10) -- Letter from King Artaxerxes I (Ezra 7:11-28) -- More names! (Ezra 8:1-14) -- Where are the Levites? (Ezra 8:15-20) -- Road trip to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:21-36) -- Prayer (Ezra 9:1-15) -- Repentance in the rain (Ezra 10:1-17) -- Named in public, guilty as charged! (Ezra 10:18-44) -- Nehemiah: the man of prayer -- Meet Nehemiah (Neh. 1:1-11a) -- To Jerusalem (Neh. 1:11b-2:8) -- Inspection (Neh. 2:9-20) -- Building project (Neh. 3:1-32) -- Satan hates a good thing (Neh. 4:1-14) -- "Trust ... and keep your powder dry" (Neh. 4:15-23) -- "The love of money" Neh. 5:1-13) -- Generosity, but was the motive correct? (Neh. 5:14-19) -- Conspiracy! (Neh. 6:1-14) -- The finished project (Neh. 6:15-7:4) -- More names! (Neh. 7:5-73) -- Reading the Bible for a very long time! (Neh. 8:1-8) -- Joy and strength (Neh. 8:9-12) -- Celebrating the feast of booths (Neh. 8:13-18) -- Confession is good for the soul (Neh. 9:1-38) -- Covenant-making (Neh. 10:1-39) -- Census lists (Neh. 11:1-12:26) -- Dedicating walls (Neh. 12:27-47) -- Reformation (Neh. 13:1-31).