Babylonian Captivity – Household Words:

Trafficking … in Humans. Jeremiah 52:27.

“Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land,” Jeremiah 52:27. Once an interesting, fresh phrase, “Human Trafficking” has been talked about so much in the last twenty years it may be in danger of becoming a cliché. But don’t tune out. The Bible has a great deal to say about what weContinue reading “Trafficking … in Humans. Jeremiah 52:27.”

LAYERS. Matthew 1:17; Luke 3:38.

I just finished my eighth reading of Holman’s Chronological Bible (READING GOD’S STORY: A Chronological Bible, 2011, Nashville). The Bible is so deep, so rich, so LAYERED with meaning—you can keep reading the Bible all your life and ALWAYS learn something new. You may become a master of the scriptures, but you will never stopContinue reading “LAYERS. Matthew 1:17; Luke 3:38.”

GIVE GOD THE GLORY–and the Money. Nehemiah 10:35-37.

It’s great to hear athletes and movie stars give God glory. Sometimes it is heartfelt, other times it may not be. The wording can be clichéd; when I was in a similar situation, I would say: “Yeah, God really blessed me.” But the point is, on some level the celebrity recognizes: I DID NOT DOContinue reading “GIVE GOD THE GLORY–and the Money. Nehemiah 10:35-37.”

BE READY FOR ANYTHING.

The worst thing that happened to the Israelites was the Babylonian captivity. Long after they were rescued from the Pharaoh and brought to the Promised Land, after David killed Goliath and God established David’s kingdom and Solomon’s temple—generations passed and the people got worse and worse. Remember how they left Egypt and built a goldenContinue reading “BE READY FOR ANYTHING.”

I’ve Got Good News and Bad News. Jeremiah 29:5-14.

The bad news is, you have not received your number-one wish. Most people have not. Some wishes will not be fulfilled. All you can do is accept it and keep trusting the Lord. The Israelites were in trouble. God punished their continued idolatry by sending the nation into bondage. Jeremiah’s message went like this: TheContinue reading “I’ve Got Good News and Bad News. Jeremiah 29:5-14.”