“‘Is not my word like fire,’ declares the LORD, ‘and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?’” Jeremiah 23:29 In 1931, Dietrich Bonhoeffer began teaching at the University of Berlin. His pastoral ministry continued as a chaplain and a teacher of a confirmation class for young boys in […]
“Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is the man who gains riches by unjust means. When his life is half gone, they will desert him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool.” – Jeremiah 17:11 In March 2024, Lamor Whitehead, nicknamed the […]
“To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the LORD is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.” Jeremiah 6:10 Stephen Macchia, in his book “Becoming a Healthy Church” writes the following: […]
“Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them.” – Jeremiah 15:19 In his book […]
“But they will reply, `It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’” Jeremiah 18:12 In 1986, two Soviet ships collided in the Black Sea when the Admiral Nakhimov, a passenger liner, and the freighter Pyotr Vasev struck […]
“I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. John 3:3 Suppose you had a rich aunt somewhere, and you didn’t know she even existed, but she knew you existed and she left you a lot of money in her will. […]
“My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.” – Jeremiah 4:22 In March 2024, a pastor in Southern California was arrested in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot. […]
“You are always righteous, O LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?” – Jeremiah 12:1 Hans Urs von Balthasar, in his book “A Theology […]
“O my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.” – Jeremiah 8:18 Thomas Kelly, in his book “A Testament of Devotion”, writes the following on the Comforter: “The sense of Presence! I have spoken of it as stealing on one unawares. It is recorded of John Wilhelm Rowntree […]
“But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.” Luke 8:15 An official of a mission board, who knew it takes more than just desire to make a missionary, was appointed to […]
“For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in […]
‘ Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” ‘ John 3:14-15 At a point on the journey to the promised land, the Israelites sinned. Then, God instructed Moses […]
“Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself …’ Daniel 1:8 Can you imagine being uprooted from your home and taken prisoner to a hostile country? It happened to Daniel. King Nebuchadnezzar conquered his homeland and carried him off to slavery in Babylon. He lost his family, […]
“And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.” 1 Chronicles 12:32 The children of Issachar were men who “understood the times, […]
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” – 2 Timothy 4:7 Tony Evans, in his book “Kingdom Men Rising”, writes the following: “When you purchase a game of checkers, you’ll notice that on the top of each piece is the insignia […]