Category: OT Exposition

If you are of my age, you recall the comic strip Dennis the Menace. The Israelites are just like that character. God says obey Me…

Jeremiah has had a difficult task from the Lord. Even though he has been faithful, his heart is burdened because the people have rejected God.…

In what or who are you boasting? As the prophet of the Lord,  Jeremiah (also Paul) reiterate what we are to boast in: “Thus says the…

Jeremiah 5: Praise the Creator! Jeremiah has been pleading with the nation to return to God. In one of his more testy exchanges he asks…

I love this comment about this chapter: “He has not done so yet because He is patient and is giving people time to repent (cf.…

Josiah sought to cleanse the land and its religious symbols but God was still not pleased because it was not just the outward showing of…

Jonah reluctantly came to Nineveh and the entire city repented but repentance is only so long it appears, for now one hundred years later they…

Why does God have to bring suffering often to His people? It is because their hearts are proud and forget the ways of the Lord…

King Hezekiah hears the news from Isaiah that he should put his house in order because death is not too far away. He weeps bitterly…

How good are we at waiting? Sometimes good especially as we wait for the goodness of the Lord but sometimes not so good when we…