Day 230 – Jeremiah 38-40, Psalm 74, 79
Talking Points Are we prepared for God's Word to be viewed as intolerant, unloving, or oppressive? Every word Jeremiah spoke was counter to what the people wanted to hear. His…
Talking Points Are we prepared for God's Word to be viewed as intolerant, unloving, or oppressive? Every word Jeremiah spoke was counter to what the people wanted to hear. His…
Talking Points Jeremiah writes the message from God on a scroll and instructs Baruch to read it in the temple before all the people. God's desire and Jeremiah's hope is…
Talking Points As God sends prophets and delivers His Word, His desire is always that the people would receive it, repent, and return to Him. Instead of receiving the message…
Talking Points God contrasts Jeremiah, a true shepherd who upholds God's Word at great cost, against the self-serving false shepherds. Not only are these false shepherds of no benefit to…
Recently preaching through the book of Acts, I came across the account of Saul and his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. Wow! What an event that must…
Talking Points One of my favorite accounts -- the namesake for our ministry. In a day of rampant wickedness, when God had been so long neglected, hardly even remembered, one…
Talking Points God is consistent in revealing His astounding greatness to His people. One of the reasons for His doing this is that they would be quick to trust Him.…
Talking Points As we read the prophecies of a forerunner whose voice will "clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness" (prophecies fulfilled in John the Baptist), we see…
Talking Points Uzziah's son Jotham becomes king of Judah, doing right in the sight of the LORD, and not following in his father's sin of burning incense in the Temple.…
Talking Points The progression of kings in Israel becomes increasingly wicked. It's clear that evil left unchecked always escalates. Ahab becomes more wicked, more "than all... who were before him."…