Remember Baruch? He was faithful to Jeremiah, faithful to God. In the midst of all the nasty opposition to God's Word and way, in the personal attack of Jeremiah, he was there rewriting scrolls and delivering prophetic messages to hateful people. He suffered because of his faithfulness to Jeremiah and God. He was ultimately taken off into captivity. No one's ideal, that is for certain. Perhaps eve...  Read More

How strange human nature can be. The leaders of the rebellion against the rebellion (Jeremiah 42) come to Jeremiah to ask for God's direction. They are representative of all people who pray with one answer in mind...it's their way or the highway. When God tells them to do what they do not want to do, they reject the answer. More than that, they call the mediator, Jeremiah, a liar...in essence, the...  Read More

"The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high." (Hebrews 1:3, CSB)There are moments when we must simply pause and reflect. Who is Jesus? What has Jesus done? For us? Where is He now? What does that mean? How, then, should I live? In ...  Read More

Placide Cappeau wrote a Christmas Carol I dearly love and I am glad that John Sullivan Dwight took the time to translate it. Just the other day, I was referencing the majestic music (which makes the song unsingable as a congregation. My follow-up comment was how delighted I am that the guitar-driven song makes it singable. It's the best of both worlds! Among the great truths are these two couplets...  Read More

When I came to my computer this morning, I had no internet. I am glad that though my electronics did not function, I can still open the pages of God's Word. What was affectionately called 'God's phone number' in my teen years, 333, jumped out at me: "Call unto me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and mighty things thou knowest not." Yes, we learned Jeremiah 33:3 in the good old King James...  Read More

"He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works." (Titus 2:14, CSB)The cost of God's writing the law on our hearts, forgiving our transgressions and remembering our sins against us no more (Jeremiah 31:31-34) is spelled out: "He gave himself for us to redeem us..." There is no measure for redeeming love. T...  Read More