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October 11: Seek the Peace of the City
Jeremiah 26-29, Ecclesiastes 8, John 4:1-14, James 5:7-12 Jeremiah 26-29: Speaking truth in love—tough words, however gently delivered—is no easy task. But it is one to which Jeremiah is called. But he must ...
Read More October 10: Listen to God's Word
Jeremiah 23-25, Ecclesiastes 7:15-29, John 3:22-36, James 5:1-6 Jeremiah 23-25: Jeremiah begins this section by exposing the immorality, hypocrisy, and downright laziness of the false shepherds and false prophets at the time. “Woe ...
Read More October 9: A Broken Pot
Jeremiah 19-22, Ecclesiastes 7:1-14, John 3:16-21, James 4:11-17 Jeremiah 19-22: Jeremiah has a sermon with a visual aid—a “potter’s earthenware flask” (19:1). As he preaches against the idolatry of God’s people, including human ...
Read More October 8: Potter and Clay
Jeremiah 16-18, Ecclesiastes 6, John 3:1-15, James 4:1-10 Jeremiah 16-18: Jeremiah, this weeping prophet, speaking judgment against God’s people, is at the same time being protected by God. Don’t have children here, Jeremiah ...
Read More Election Year Exiles
When we read the New Testament in present day America, it is always with a degree of imaginative removal, like watching a period piece on PBS. We cock our head: ...
Read More October 7: Wall of Bronze
Jeremiah 14-15, Ecclesiastes 5, John 2:12-25, James 3:13-18 Jeremiah 14-15: The section begins with a problem. There is an economic downturn, a serious recession, brought on this agrarian society by that terror of ...
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