The Trials of Jeremiah

The Trials of Jeremiah

The Trials of Jeremiah   Prophets of God were human too. They struggled with their feelings. They felt like giving up at times. They wrestled with the unfairness of life. Jeremiah, sometimes called “The Weeping Prophet,” shows this side of himself in the book...
Lord, Lord

Lord, Lord

Lord, Lord   “Talk is cheap.” There’s a lot of empty chatter today. We hear it in politics. We hear it in business. Most tragically, we hear it in religion. In an age of bells and whistles, we long to see Christians who back up what they say with how they...
“We’re Not Supposed to Judge”

“We’re Not Supposed to Judge”

“We’re Not Supposed to Judge”   How do you feel when someone criticizes you? We don’t like it, especially if the criticism is unfair and harsh. That is understandable. But not all criticism is bad. Sometimes it is for our good. Today there is an idea among Bible...
Reap What You Sow

Reap What You Sow

The people in the days of Isaiah were so blinded with sin and rottenness that they could not be ashamed (Isa. 44:9). Jeremiah was in a society that could not blush nor be ashamed (Jer. 6:15; Jer. 8:12). It has always been true that some human beings get so corrupted...
Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy

When people take the character of another, acting either in a play or in life, and they speak or act in character, they are a form of the original meaning of hypocrisy as used in the Scriptures. Vine defines the primary meaning as “a reply, an answer,”…as the...