During this time of year, some Christians choose to observe the tradition of Lent, a season of penitence (heart change - not re-salvation) and fasting (reflecting Jesus’ 40 days in the Wilderness). This tradition [...]

Marriage is the most explicit metaphor Jeremiah uses in his wake up call for Judah. This is his message:  the people and leaders claimed to worship God in the temple. In reality, they had long [...]

Jeremiah used several colorful water figures of speech in Chapter 2 of Jerimiah. My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, [...]

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, I remember [earnestly] the lovingkindness and devotion of your youth, Your [...]

The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see the branch of an almond tree.” Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen [...]

"Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all! [...]

Jeremiah was a priest at Anathoth and God called him to be His prophet as well. Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have [...]

Lent is the period leading up to Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. The Lenten season is a time for reading Scripture, repentance, fasting, and [...]