In this sermon we look at how God acts to restore and renew his worship. We also look at how the promises God makes to Israel begin to be restored…
In chapters 25-32, we learn that God is present to judge the nations. Ezekiel tells us of particular sins that bring the judgement. Two of them are mistreatment of God's…
Why did the Sadducees reject the resurrection? Jesus said the it was because they did no know the scriptures. Jesus goes back to the Book of Exodus to make his…
In Psalm 113, we see that God commands us to praise him, he tells us the manner in which to praise him and reasons to praise him.
In chapters 4-24, we see that God is present to judge his people. Ezekiel fulfills his function of bringing God's reasons for judgment to the people. In Ezekiel we see…
God’s purposes through both judgment and restoration is for his people to know him. Some version of the phrase “they will know that I am the LORD” occurs about sixty-five…
In this message, Pastor Winston looks at the final chapters of Jeremiah. Here we see the realization of the Lord's judgment - God keeping his word. We see God pronouncing…
Thus far, God’s covenant with Israel has primarily resulted in judgment due to their unfaithfulness, but now the covenant will result in their salvation due to God’s faithfulness. The central…
So far Jeremiah’s ministry has emphasized four actions: uprooting, tearing down, destroying and overthrowing. But after twenty-nine chapters of warning about judgment, chs. 30–33 have a noticeably greater emphasis on…
Jeremiah proclaimed the words entrusted to him. In doing so he has apparently won few if any converts, has wrestled with his own relationship to Yahweh and has encountered strong…