Day 278: Power in Weakness (2026)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) by Ascension

Oct 5, 202620:55Religion & Spirituality

Fr. Mike walks us through the signing of the covenant in Nehemiah 10 and relates Israel’s collective decision to belong to God to our personal encounters with God that inspire us to follow him simply because he has calle...

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