by Steve Thomason | Aug 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah 9:23-26 As you read through the first nine chapters of Jeremiah you realize that one of the biggest problems the people had was that they talked the talk, but they didn’t walk the walk. They knew the right words to say that sounded “religious” or like they...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah 5:1-2; Gen. 18:16-33; Matt. 5:13 Salt has two effects. It seasons and it preserves. In the old days, before refrigeration, salt was rubbed into meat to keep it from rotting. In many ways that is one of the major purposes for Christians in the world. A...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Lamentations 5:1-22 Let’s paint the picture. For years this outspoken, jar smashing, yoke-wearing, loud-mouthed prophet has been pointing his finger at you for sinning, and has predicted that the Babylonians would destroy the city if you don’t repent. Now you find...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah 23:1-8 In this visual teaching image of the Shepherd we get to encounter our first ray of real hope all week. Jeremiah is indicting the shepherds (the spiritual leaders) of Israel for abandoning their post and allowing the sheep (God’s people) to be led into...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah 19:1-15 The Hinnom Valley ran along the south and west of the city and served as Jerusalem’s “community dump.” The gate at the south of the city which opened into the valley was called the “Potsherd Gate” because people carried their potsherds (broken pieces...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
A yoke is a wooden frame, usually consisting of a bar with an oxbow or similar collar-like piece at either end, for attaching to the necks of a pair of draught animals, esp. oxen, so that they can be worked as a team. Collins English Dictionary. Read Jeremiah...
