Thursday, November 30, 2017

To what end suffering?

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Jesus’ cry of dereliction on the cross was not a one-off quotation from a psalm of lament. Both Jeremiah and Jesus were remembered as servan...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

What of the violence in those prayers?

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It is one thing to understand Jeremiah’s prayers for divine justice by their own logic and terms; it is quite another challenge to test thei...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

What about Jeremiah?

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So, if Jeremiah’s imprecatory prayers appear at first sight like vicious selfish prayers, they often reflect the prophet’s concern for divin...
Monday, November 27, 2017

It's not automatic

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On many important ancient Near Eastern treaties, law codes, or covenants one finds appended an extensive set of curses. These curses functio...
Friday, November 17, 2017

Prophetic mediation

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The genuine prophetic mediator embodies not only the divine word but, to some degree, the divine pathos as well.— Standing in the Breach , p...
Monday, November 13, 2017

I am weary of holding it in…

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As the dialogue with God progresses, Jeremiah gives more and more expression to the tension of the mediator. On the one hand, he loves the p...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Intercession is a family affair

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But it is also important to note that on the full biblical revelation, our prayers for justice are not our prayers alone. The Scriptures in...

Not even Moses and Samuel!

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Jer 15:1 establishes a kind of biblical hierarchy as to who were the most influential mediators in the Old Testament. Moses and Samuel are I...
Thursday, November 09, 2017

Prophetic voice?

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Lots of people want to be prophets, screaming doom and gloom, and calling down the end of the world on everybody and everything. Is that rea...

Accordance for Android!

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Yes! Accordance has released a beta version of Accordance for Android! To install it, I downloaded it via the link, copied it into Dropbox...

Standing before the Lord

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[I]t [Jer 15:10] is important because it uses one of the main “technical” terms to describe the role of the prophetic intercessor. The proph...

About that timeline of yours…

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Faith means being faithful to God rather than relying upon a specific timeline. Temptation seduces believers when they begin to rely on God’...
Wednesday, November 08, 2017

The inner life of God revealed

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Following the logic of the text, Yhwh does not reveal the dramatic tension of His inner life primarily for the benefit of the readers, thoug...
Tuesday, November 07, 2017

Anthropomorphism from a different angle

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"Actually, Israel conceived even Jahweh himself as having human form. But the way of putting it which we use runs in precisely the wron...
Monday, November 06, 2017

Your walk betrays your talk

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The book of Jeremiah contains a long divine oracle that helps one to discern between false and true prophets further (cf. Jer 23:9–40). A ma...

Why don't we pray more?

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In many ways, prayer is a difficult practice to understand. I say “practice” rather than “topic” precisely because prayer is not to be discu...
Saturday, November 04, 2017

What is faith?

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Faith means being faithful to God rather than relying upon a specific timeline. Temptation seduces believers when they begin to rely on God’...
Friday, November 03, 2017

Gone too far

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According to Jeremiah 14, however, not even the synergetic effort of all the cultic means that Israel has at its disposal is to gain a favor...

Review of Irenaeus of Lyon for Young Readers

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I just received a new book in the mail yesterday and was asked to review it. I hope you find the review helpful. Simonetta Carr, Irenaeus ...
Thursday, November 02, 2017

It gets complicated

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Twice already Jeremiah has been prohibited to intercede. Nevertheless, God keeps on signaling to Jeremiah that He is emotionally attached an...