Jeremiah 1:1-19 This has been a most disturbing week for me and I know I have not been alone in this. We are getting over the shock of the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York City, but are now facing the future. The US is sending massive amounts of firepower to the Gulf. The…
Jeremiah 1:1-19 A few years ago in the Alps of Italy the body of a caveman was discovered that had been frozen for seven or eight thousand years. Having been in that area this past summer I can tell you he lived in a beautiful world. He set out one day, dressed in fur, carrying…
Jeremiah 12:5 Jeremiah was not the kind of person you wanted to invite to a party if you wanted to have a good time. He would certainly not be the prophet of choice for today in a world that abhors judgement. His name has entered English vocabulary as a “jeremiad”, a prolonged lamentation or complaint…
I Chronicles 4:9-10 If you have ever tried to read the Bible in a year, reading three to four chapters each day, you have to eventually read the opening chapters of I Chronicles. And when you read through this list of name after hard-to-pronounce name after incomprehensible name tracing the lineage of post-exilic Jews back…
I Chronicles 4:1-11 On the front page of the May 9, 2001 International Herald Tribune was an article about the prayer of Jabez. Let me read from this article, titled A Best-Seller Built Around a Prayer and with the sub-title, Book Sparks Revival of Prosperity Gospel. Buried in what many religion scholars agree is the…