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“The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jer. 17:9).

Man’s heart is tortuous, crooked – it is a Jacob-like deceiver ever resting in the bosom. The human heart is man’s Trojan horse, loved and yet most effectively subtle in its deception.  [...]

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“I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people” (Jer. 31:33).

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“Do not learn the way of the nations… for the customs of the peoples are delusion” (Jer. 10:2-3).

Why are the ways of those around you so attractive to you?  How did you come to cast your eye upon others in order to determine how you should live?  Who ever told you that the customs [...]

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City (Jeremiah 29)

On October 7, 2010 By

“Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.  For I know the plans that I have for you, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope” (Jer. [...]

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“They exchanged the truth of God for the lie” (Romans 1:25)

Based upon the world’s standards (if there are any!), God was and is politically, socially and culturally incorrect.  Nonetheless, is there any one out there soberly and intelligently challenging the world’s definition of the shape our culture should take?  Since we are our brothers’ [...]

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Satisfied (Jeremiah 31)

On December 1, 2009 By

“My people shall be satisfied with My goodness” (Jer. 31:14).

Is God’s goodness enough for you?  Does His goodness satisfy you?  If not, ask yourself the probing question: “Am I one of God’s people.”

Dissatisfaction battles satisfaction.  The sufficiency of God’s goodness for God’s people abides.  You are either satisfied with God’s goodness [...]

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