God’s covenant with Israel is stated in Leviticus twenty-six, both the blessing of obedience and retribution of disobedience; like Deuteronomy twenty-eight listening to God’s voice, obeying His commandments brings blessing, but not obeying the Lord’s voice and His...
In these chapters of Jeremiah, we see the Lord speaking more forcefully. He is determined to punish Israel for their adultery (idolatry) and stubborn dictates of their hearts and refusing to listen and hear God’s words. Jeremiah has his third crisis of questioning...
Jeremiah Chapters 7 – 12 are filled with many conflicts as the Lord tries to bring Israel to acknowledge their backsliding hypocrisy. Israel is smug. They have a temple, a covenant, and the Lord as their God, but they have wandered in their hearts far from Him. They...
In the Fall of 2019, I felt the nudge to read the end of Jeremiah. We were in Washington DC visiting our daughter and family. The elections had not yet taken place, but there was swirling in the air. I read the last twenty-seven chapters. As I did, I was dumbfounded...
Jeremiah & America A Nine Week Blog Series As we read through the Book of Jeremiah, Pastor Steve will start a nine week blog Series entitled “Jeremiah & America” Delivered to all “Secret Place” subscribers weekly on Thursdays –...