Category: Jeremiah

09/13/2020 | “What’s New About the New Covenant” | Jeremiah 31:31-40

09/13/2020 | “What’s New About the New Covenant” | Jeremiah 31:31-40

When we hear that something is “new and improved,” we would do well to ask hard questions and exercise discernment.  Especially when considering theological truth.   In the midst of Jeremiah’s Book of Consolation in Jeremiah 31:31-34, God promises a New Covenant – a promise formative in the history and theology of the Church.    But just what is ‘new’ about the New Covenant?   How ‘new’ is it?  And why was something ‘new’ needed?    Listen to “What’s New About the New Covenant,” as we examine Jeremiah 31:31-40 and consider what is ‘new’ about the New Covenant and why it matters.

“What So New About the New Covenant,” Jeremiah 31:31-40

09/06/2020 | “Taking Comfort” | Jeremiah 31:1-30

09/06/2020 | “Taking Comfort” | Jeremiah 31:1-30

Jeremiah spent four decades warning of Judah of judgment and exile.   Through warning after warning, God called the people to turn back to Him, but they would not.  They sought comfort down every path except the path of faith and repentance.   But God did not forsake them.  When hope seemed lost, God gave the prophet Jeremiah a word of comfort for the people. But to take comfort from God’s promises, we must receive them.   We must believe them by faith.   We must turn back to Him.   We must rest in the assurance that Our Father has it all together. 

Listen to “Taking Comfort,” as we examine Jeremiah 31:1-30 and consider how God calls us to receive and experience the comfort He offers. 

“Taking Comfort,” Jeremiah 31:1-30

08/30/2020 | “The Book of Consolation” | Jeremiah 30

08/30/2020 | “The Book of Consolation” | Jeremiah 30

God instructs Jeremiah to speak words of consolation to fallen Judah.  And not just speak them, but write them down.  Words for them and for us!  Jeremiah spent four decades warning of judgment and exile.   Now, when hope seems lost, he opens a new chapter – the Book of Consolation.  In the midst of the longest, and most sorrowful book in the Bible, we find bright promises of God’s grace.    Jeremiah 30-33 is often called the ‘Book of Consolation.’  Listen as we examine Jeremiah 30 and consider how God calls us and consoles us with grace in the midst of judgement. 

“The Book of Consolation,” Jeremiah 30

08/23/2020 | “Letters from Home” | Jeremiah 29

08/23/2020 | “Letters from Home” | Jeremiah 29

After the fall of Jerusalem, the people of Judah lived as resident aliens in Babylon. They were not merely collateral of war, the Lord sent them into exile.  He had a purpose for them among the Babylonians, to reveal His glory and seek the “shalom” of the city where He sent them.  We see in their exile the paradigm and paradox of the Christian life as they are placed by God’s providence in the midst of pagan Babylon, yet called to remain distinct as God’s covenant children.   Listen as we examine Jeremiah 29 and consider its instruction and comfort to us regarding how we are to live faithfully as resident aliens in a land that is not our home.

“Letters from Home,” Jeremiah 29

08/09/2020 | “Conflict Management” | Jeremiah 28:1-17

08/09/2020 | “Conflict Management” | Jeremiah 28:1-17

God instructed Jeremiah to warn Judah, if they would submit to His discipline at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, they would live.   But nothing provokes conflict in the church like a sermon on submission.   Jeremiah is opposed by a false prophet and called a liar.   Everything he said was contradicted.   And the yoke was wrenched from his neck and broken.

Jeremiah often complains and confronts, so his response here is remarkable.   With gracious, prayerful wisdom the prophet rebuts the false teacher and disarms his false gospel.    Jeremiah’s life is quite literally an open book.   We often see his anger, but here we may observe a godly example of how to handle conflict within the church.  An example worthy of imitation. Listen to “Conflict Management” as we examine Jeremiah 28 and consider how to respond to conflict within the church.

“Conflict Management,” Jeremiah 28:1-17