It is sometimes difficult to see the silver lining, to see God’s gracious hand in difficult times. Our Scripture readings help us to do just that…The exiled people of Judah would one day rejoice to learn that they were returning to their homes…we rejoice in the most difficult times knowing that heaven is our home. … [Read more…]
We live in a time when very few value human life. Some would kill unborn children. Others have killed only because of the ethnic background of the other. The Lord God values every human life and sends us to speak of His Son, that others may be saved for eternal life. The LORD God sent Jeremiah to … [Read more…]
Pastor Luke Bernthal
It was God’s Mercy that did not abandon the unfaithful Israelites…but instead promised to go with them. So also, even as Moses could not see God’s Face and live, so we cannot stand in the presence of God except in Christ. It was God’s Mercy that made those to whom John wrote…God’s Children and kept … [Read more…]
Unfortunately, in the process of enduring difficult times we sometimes think that WE are the only ones suffering. Such thinking is truly foolish. Abraham’s Trial of Faith…he was called upon to offer up his only Son, Isaac. It was unthinkable, and yet Abraham passed the test and was willing, believing that God would raise up … [Read more…]
What face do we see in our mind’s eye when we think: Human Wisdom? Is it Albert Einstein (E=MC2) or Carl Sagan or Stephen Hawking? The people of Jeremiah’s day counted themselves wise yet proved themselves fools by rejecting the Word and Wisdom of God. They would be judged. God didn’t reveal the way of … [Read more…]
Be assured that Satan wants to keep the Gospel of Jesus from being proclaimed in this world. It was Satan that led the nations of Judah and Israel to reject God’s Word and silence God’s Prophets…but God sent Amos. It was Satan that led the Jews to have Paul arrested for proclaiming Christ. Paul refused … [Read more…]