Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: faith

  • Micah: When He Could Have Said, “I Told You So!”

    Micah 4:1-5 In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established     as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills,     and peoples will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,     to…

  • 100,000 People

    Jonah 4:1-11 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.  He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and…

  • When the “Safe” Play is Actually More Dangerous

    Jonah 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for…

  • When Worship Is Not Worship (Amos)

    Amos 5:21-24 I hate, I reject your festivals;     I don’t enjoy your joyous assemblies. If you bring me your entirely burned offerings and gifts of food—         I won’t be pleased;     I won’t even look at your offerings of well-fed animals. Take away the noise of your songs;         I won’t listen to…

  • Time to Invoke Joel?

    Joel 2:12-14 That is why the Lord says,     “Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts.     Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,     but tear your hearts instead.” Return to the Lord your God,     for he is merciful and compassionate, slow…

  • When Being “Cut to the Quick” is a good thing

    Hosea 6:4-6 Ephraim, what will I do with you?            Judah, what will I do with you?    Your love is like a morning cloud,            like the dew that vanishes quickly.Therefore, I have attacked them by the prophets,            I have killed them by the words of my mouth,                and my judgment goes forth like a light.I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,            the…

  • What If Your Wife and Kids Were a Negative Sermon Illustration?

    Hosea 1 The Lord gave this message to Hosea son of Beeri during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute, so that…

  • The Hidden River

    Ezekiel 47:1-12 In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side.  The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led…

  • Lethal Entitlement

    Ezekiel 33:21-26 On January 8, (585BC)] during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!” The previous evening the Lord had taken hold of me and given me back my voice. So I was able to speak when this man arrived the next morning.…

  • How Can Both Be True?

    Ezekiel 18:19-22 “‘What?’ you ask. ‘Doesn’t the child pay for the parent’s sins?’ No! For if the child does what is just and right and keeps my decrees, that child will surely live.  The person who sins is the one who will die. The child will not be punished for the parent’s sins, and the…