Exile
Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 24:6,8-10; 2 Chronicles 36:10,12-16; Jeremiah 22:24-30; 37:1-2; Daniel 1:2 All their deafness and selective hearing eventually led to the expulsion of Judah from the land. They
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Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 24:1-4; Jeremiah 22:18-23; 24:5-6; 48:1-49:33 Can God be unwilling to forgive? That’s what it says here, in 2 Kings 24:4, “the LORD was not willing to
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Today’s Reading: Jeremiah 36; 45 Did you know that U.S. President Thomas Jefferson used a penknife to cut out every portion of the Bible that he didn’t believe was true?
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Some history … Earlier we read that Josiah, who became king at age 8 (July 23), began to seek God and clean up the nation in his 8th year as
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Today’s Reading: Jeremiah 46-47 One thing I was thinking about, today as I read – “This is the word of the Lord…” – how would that sound to the people
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Today’s reading: 2 Kings 23:27, 2 Chronicles 35:20-25, Jeremiah 22:10-17; 26:1-24 King Josiah got killed; his sons did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Jeremiah prophesied for disasters and
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Today’s reading: Jeremiah 17:19-27; 18:1-23; 19:1-15; 20:1-18 God uses two examples with the potter today: “… the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so
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Today’s Reading: Jeremiah 15:10-17:18 “Heart” is a word used a lot these days. “Follow your heart” is the mantra of today’s pop culture. We find it in movies, music, advice
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It’s come to a sad turning point in Israel’s history – in spite of periodic confession and revival, the nation in general continues on its rebellious course and God makes
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Today’s Reading: Jeremiah 10-12 I love the way that our reading for today starts out! It calls idols “scarecrows,” but “the Lord is the true God; He is the living
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