Jan 09
This afternoon, I share Jeremiah’s pain. In August, I began a long march through the book of Jeremiah. More importantly, I am forcing my church to march with me through this book, seeing as how I am their pastor and this is our Sunday morning text for the foreseeable future. The prophetic work of Jeremiah …
Dec 29
One of the values of family portraits is that they freeze people in time. Having three children of my own, I know how quickly they grow up and change. It is so hard to remember what my children looked like when they were three or ten, but a picture can bring back vivid memories of …
Oct 30
The vision given to the apostle John, and recorded for our encouragement and instruction, is wondrously foreboding and yet hopeful. Despite the horrors of the judgments poured out upon the earth, there is a beautiful and compelling picture painted of the new heaven and new earth that is soon to come. Hear the psalm of …
Sep 08
For all those who like to study Bible passages that speak to the end times, one scholar has made a very interesting connection between the “abomination of desolation” spoken of by Jesus in the Eschatological Discourse as recorded in Mark 13.14 and the prophet Jeremiah’s temple sermon contained in Jeremiah 7. When the disciples asked …
Mar 13
It is nothing short of amazing and shocking to me to realize that three times in history, the Lord brought disaster upon the house that bore His name and the people who bore His name. He destroyed His house in Shiloh (see Jeremiah 7.12-15), Solomon’s temple in 586 BC, and Herod’s temple in 70 AD. …
Dec 20
At Christmas time, we celebrate the “birth of Christ,” which is really nothing like a birth at all. When a child is born, the child comes into existence at the moment of his or her birth (or his or her conception). That is to say, the child did not exist before being conceived by his …
Dec 20
The typical manger scene that depicts the birth of Christ usually has Mary and Joseph gathered around the feeding trough where baby Jesus lays on a bed of hay. They are surrounded by the usual farm animals of the day: sheep, goats, donkeys, and cattle. Some manger scenes have the shepherds gathered close by with …
Dec 19
I was at a “holiday celebration” last week (we can’t call them “Christmas Parties” anymore, can we?), and I heard a very popular “holiday song” that you probably know very well: Here Comes Santa Claus. But I was quite surprised when I heard the following chorus, Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus, Right down …
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