Emphasis Preaching Journal

With a lot of earthly wisdom and femme fatale, Esther achieved justice for the Jewish people, perhaps more effectively than had she sought to convert her Persian king/husband Ashasuerus to Judaism. The Bible teaches here that earthly wisdom and common sense are what we need in government! Sometimes too much spirituality is a barrier to getting things done in government. In the black church this message is sometimes taught, as some people are said "to be so holy as to be of no earthly use!"