The Similar Sound of Jerimiah and Glenn Beck

About a year and half ago, I was reading in Jeremiah and wrote this piece. In light of his speach on Saturday, I thought it was worth posting again. Jeremiah 5 Reading Jeremiah reminds me a little of listening to Glenn Beck. Jer. 5:12, 13 They have lied about the Lord; they said, ‘He will [...]

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As In The Days of Jeremiah, Is It So Today

Jeremiah 1-23   The topic of God’s judgment came up during a Bible study a few days ago.  As I listened to the various comments, I tried to recall portions of what I had read recently in Jeremiah.  It seemed so relevant.  I thought a review would be helpful.  I think the parallels are striking. [...]

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Only For A Chosen Few

Jeremiah 24-25   Your ways are different than our ways.  You do things different than we would.  You think differently than we think.  We would think that You would deliver us from our enemies and as a result of that deliverance, we would be drawn closer to You.  But in Jeremiah’s day, the enemies were [...]

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False Hope vs. True Assurance

Jeremiah 21-23   I learned a valuable lesson not too long ago when reading the book of Ezekiel.  Due to a hardship that had come my way, I had struggled with whether or not that hardship was God’s punishment or more of a refining.  I had concluded that it was a refining.    As I [...]

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Useful vs. Noticeable

Jeremiah 18-20   Jeremiah visits the potter.  The pot the potter was working on was marred, ‘So he formed it into another pot, shaping it as it seemed best to him’.   We are the only barrier to God doing good in our lives.  If as a result of our living adversely to His ways, [...]

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Do We Really Trust

Jeremiah 16, 17   In the midst of all the disaster which God is proclaiming through Jeremiah on all who forsook Him and did not obey or trust in Him is this little oasis of promise to those who did.   ‘Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.  [...]

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Subtle Distraction

Jeremiah 11-15   Our minds can sometimes get like a back lashed reel – a tangled mess.  With a reel it happens instantly; in our minds it comes on a little more gradually but nevertheless, just as tangled.   Jeremiah found himself in one of these mental messes.  Since he had felt the Lord’s hand [...]

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Imtations of Life

  Jeremiah 10   There is a lifestyle today that has been shaped by ‘craftsmen’.  ‘They adorn it with silver and gold… so it will not totter’.  ‘What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple – all made by skilled workers.’   As I read this chapter, and specifically [...]

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The Price for Following Our Stubborn Inclinations

Jeremiah 7-9   The message of the Lord through Jeremiah was simple, change your ways or else.  The Lord was fed up with their speech – their claims that they were okay.  ‘If you really change your ways, I will let you live in this place, but look, you are trusting in deceptive words that [...]

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Warning Across Our Bow

  Jeremiah 6   Though I still cannot claim as Jeremiah does, that we are on the brink of judgment, I do believe I can claim that God has fired a warning shot across our bow.  At the very least there is opportunity to hear what God might be saying.  ‘To whom can I speak [...]

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