The temptation to make God into our own image affects every human being. More particularly, in the passage we are examining today, we see that those who possess God’s revelation…
In today's passage in Mark, James and John come to Jesus with the request, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your…
As we come to the second half of the passage today, Jesus will continue to press the importance of trusting him alone for eternal life. Do we trust him with…
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…
The rich young ruler was struggling with trusting something other than God to sustain his life, and that is something we all struggle with. His wealth was the presenting issue,…
Today, we return to Mark 10:1–12, to finish the picture that we began to draw last week of a gospel-centered marriage. We need to give the last answer to the…
What does Jesus say about marriage and divorce, and how does it apply to our lives as Christians? Answering that question is the goal of our message today, and next…
In this section, called Jeremiah's confessions, we look at three more of Jeremiah's laments. We see that Jeremiah is called to a life that will not include normal family life.…
What does it means for God to be for his people? What benefits does God give us in the gospel, and how do we enjoy them? Furthermore, what might diminish…
In this sermon, we look at the section of Jeremiah that has been labeled as “Jeremiah’s confessions”: not confessing sin or the greatness of God, but more like laments (cf.…