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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Can you refuse calamity? — Jeremiah 25-27
What is there about human nature that is so cock-sure that adverse, negative consequences will ever come our way. We start this way as children, sometimes, pushing the limits with parents and somehow surprised when punishments or consequences come — … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, cup or wrath, fragile vessel, justice, kill the messenger, servant of God, wrath
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Listen in your prosperity — Jeremiah 22-24
Well, if you’ve not heard — and you’d pretty much have to be living under a rock to not have heard — Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. died last night. There have been a lot of good words to say … Continue reading
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Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire — Jeremiah 19-21
Are you beginning to feel bad for Jeremiah? There’s no doubt that he has a “pretty tough row to hoe” as the saying goes. Today’s reading gives us some insight into the prophet’s heart and mind as he’s going through … Continue reading
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Tagged contempt, depression, destruction, persecution, prophets, swimming upstream
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Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed — Jeremiah 16-18
In today’s reading poor Jeremiah continues to wrestle with his situation. He is loyal to the LORD, yet he also is broken-hearted over the nation, because such terrible things are going to be happening to them. Though we may certainly … Continue reading
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Tagged calvinism, clay, conditional, healer, potter
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The ruined waistband — Jeremiah 13-15
It’s a tragedy, but it’s also a fact that sometimes we human beings go beyond the point of no return, become irredeemable. Much of Israel had arrived at that point in Jeremiah’s time and that is the theme of a … Continue reading
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Running with horses — Jeremiah 10-12
Well, happy Lord’s Day to you. Sunday is my favorite day of the week. I get up about 5:15AM and study, pray, preach, fellowship, meet, write, prepare, and discuss until about 8:30 or 9PM in the evening. I may be … Continue reading
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Tagged deafness, footmen, horses, idols, illumination, persecution, philosophers, scarecrow, wisdom
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Temple of the LORD — Jeremiah 7-9
“Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between … Continue reading
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Tagged amulet, charm, circumcised, covenant, Shiloh, spite, Tabernacle, Temple, uncircumcised
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False hope versus real hope — Jeremiah 28-30
Few things are harder to deliver than bad news. Few things are better to deliver than good news. Jeremiah had been the messenger that people had wanted to kill, and now that the bad news had happened, there were plenty … Continue reading →