ANITA FAST is part of the Mennonite tradition and is employed as Registrar at the Vancouver School of Theology. After completing a Master of Theological Studies degree in 1999, she volunteered for three years with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), engaging in human rights documentation, non-violent intervention, and social justice work in North America and Palestine/Israel. [...]
When God called Jeremiah, Jeremiah argued back. “I’m too young! I wouldn’t know what to say.” God answered, “Who’s asking you? You’ll say what I tell you to say. You’ll say my words. You’ll be my voice.
Most world religions see time and history as cyclical. Our religion is linear. We see history with God at its beginning, with God at its ending and with the incarnation of our God right in the middle of time.
Jeremiah changed his mind, his heart, his message. Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, the purveyor of bad news, made a 180 and gave his people a word of hope. Jeremiah got to tell his people they will be going home.
Sermon Isaiah 65:1-9 Challenged and Chosen Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Isaiah 65:1-9 Challenged and Chosen Dr. Keith Wagner Isaiah the prophet lived about 2,700 years ago. One thing we know about Isaiah is that he was called to be a servant of God and he was [...]
There is no such thing as a simple real estate transaction, and I’ve got the documents to prove it. Our story from the prophet Jeremiah reveals that this has always been so.
Think of a mystery or thriller movie. As you follow the story you are never quite sure what will come next or it will end. The story keeps you on the edge of your seat. That’s how some people live life. They are always on edge. Their life story is a mystery.
There are two different kinds of time. One is chronos and refers to linear time, the kind of time you find represented by your watch. But there’s another kind of time in the Bible called kairos¬¬––time of momentous significance.
In Odessa we’d go for weeks and months without rain. The land would be so parched and dry you’d think nothing would ever grow again. Then it’d rain. Almost overnight, green grass would sprout up. It was as if the creation itself was singing God’s praise.
Through the prophet Isaiah, God is speaking to a people who once had a way of life that is now lost, and they long to regain it once again. Life had been good, or so they thought. Then the Babylonians swept down upon them.