Category Archives: Jeremiah

Underwear?

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Pete

I don’t envy bible translators. Not only are they trying to map ancient languages into readable, modern text, but they are also often trying to connect our modern mindset to ancient images. That works well enough when God’s people are … Continue reading →

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Bridled

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Pete

This morning, I’m chewing on a phrase in Jeremiah. A descriptor for sin. A big part of what the prophets do is call out God’s people for their sin. Thus, it’s not surprising that they come up with (or, are … Continue reading →

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Jacob’s Portion

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Pete

It’s the second time I’ve encountered this name for Jehovah while reading in Jeremiah. A few weeks ago it didn’t register much on the “chew-o-meter.” This time? It spikes the needle. Hovering over a a two-word moniker (in the CSB) … Continue reading →

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Satisfied

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Pete

It occurred to me this morning that I most often read the prophets with the hard-hearted in mind. As I read Jeremiah this morning, for example, I know that he knows that the LORD knows that, by in large, his … Continue reading →

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Good Figs in a Bad Land

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Pete

Babylon, bad! Isn’t that how we tend to think about “that place.” You know, that place of exile. That place where the people, who had polluted their own land through their spiritual adulteries, had been sent for a 70-year timeout. … Continue reading →

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The Reins

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Pete

A sermon illustration comes to mind from the foggy past as I’m reading. Something about a little girl who’s decided to go toe-to-toe with her mom. Mom finally has enough and tells the five-year-old, “Go sit in the corner, right … Continue reading →

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Disciplined with Justice

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Pete

If there’s sub-plot that you pick up from Jeremiah, it’s that he wasn’t just a prophet, he was a person too. He didn’t just speak the mind of God concerning “current events”, he endured them. And it wasn’t just his … Continue reading →

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Satisfied

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Pete

Hovering over Jeremiah 31 this morning. Big idea? “There is hope for your future” (Jer. 31:17a). A disciplined people would eventually find grace in the wilderness (31:2). The God who called them on their sin, and sent them packing to … Continue reading →

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Listen and Do

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Pete

“Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be My people, and I will be your God, that I may confirm the oath that I swore to your fathers, to give them a land … Continue reading →

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Fear the LORD Who Gives the Rain

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Pete

A couple of months ago I listened to a book which, at the time, I thought could be life-changing because it had adjusted a paradigm and refined a filter on one of those holy tension areas of being a follower … Continue reading →

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