Just because someone is a dedicated member of a church does not necessarily mean he is truly a Christian Today R C Sproul cautions against the dangers of faithless religion Get the 'Hard Sayings' Book and Digital Teaching Series' Downloads for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org hard-sayings Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries Explore all of our podcasts https www ligonier org podcasts [... more]

After days of illness and then spiking a high temperature it was clear my husband needed emergency care The hospital admitted him immediately One day folded into the next He improved but not enough to be released I faced the difficult choice to stay with my husband or fulfill an important work trip where many people and projects were involved My husband assured me he rsquo d be fine But my heart was torn between him and my work God rsquo s people needed His help at the crossroads of life rsquo s decisions Far too often they hadn rsquo [... more]

In Joseph Stalin rsquo s doctor advised him to reduce his workload in order to preserve his health The ruler of the Soviet Union accused the physician of spying and had him arrested The tyrant who had oppressed so many with lies could not abide the truth and mdash as he had done so many times mdash Stalin removed the one who told him the facts Truth won anyway Stalin died in The prophet Jeremiah arrested for his dire prophecies Jeremiah ndash told the king of Judah exactly what would happen to Jerusalem ldquo Obey the Lord by doing what [... more]

Before baseball rsquo s World Series sportswriter Hugh Fullerton made an astute prediction He said the Chicago Cubs who were expected to win would lose the first and third games and win the second Oh and it would rain on the fourth He was right on each point Then in his analytical skills told him certain players were losing World Series games intentionally Fullerton suspected they rsquo d been bribed by gamblers Popular opinion ridiculed him Again he was right Fullerton was no prophet mdash just a wise man who studied the evidence Jeremiah was a real prophet whose prophecies [... more]

Sara lost her mother when she was just fourteen years old She and her siblings lost their house soon after and became homeless Years later Sara wanted to provide her future children with an inheritance that could be passed down from generation to generation She worked extremely hard to purchase a house giving her family the stable home she never had Investing in a home for future generations is an act of faith mdash taking steps toward a future you don rsquo t yet see God told the prophet Jeremiah to purchase land just before the violent siege of Jerusalem [... more]

During a dark period in Israel's history the prophet Jeremiah uttered a prayer of distress that unsettles many readers of the Bible Today Derek Thomas explains the surprising comfort we can find in these somber passages of Scripture Get Derek Thomas' Teaching Series 'Imprisoned' on DVD and the Digital Study Guide for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org imprisoned Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

I recently saw a photograph of Michelangelo rsquo s sculpture Moses in which a closeup view showed a small bulging muscle on Moses rsquo right arm This muscle is the extensor digiti minimi and the contraction only appears when someone lifts their pinky Michelangelo known as a master of intricate details paid close attention to the human bodies he sculpted adding intimate features most everyone else would miss Michelangelo knew the human body in ways few other sculptors have but the details he carved into granite were his attempts to reveal something deeper mdash the soul the interior life of [... more]

The prophet Jeremiah bemoaned the sorry state of God's people defeated and enslaved by Babylonians Then he recalled something that gave him hope and still gives us hope today Find out what that is when you listen to Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

Drew had been imprisoned for two years because he served Jesus He rsquo d read stories of missionaries who felt constant joy throughout their incarceration but he confessed ldquo this was not my experience rdquo He told his wife that God had picked the wrong man to suffer for Him She replied ldquo No I think maybe He picked the right man This was not an accident rdquo nbsp Drew could likely relate to the prophet Jeremiah who had faithfully served God by warning Judah that God would punish them for their sins But God rsquo s judgment hadn rsquo [... more]

In Martin Handford rsquo s book Where rsquo s Waldo nbsp a series of children rsquo s puzzle books first created in the elusive character wears a red and white striped shirt and socks with a matching hat blue jeans brown boots and glasses Handford has cleverly hidden Waldo in plain sight within the busy illustrations filled with crowds of characters at various locations around the world Waldo isn rsquo t always easy to see but the creator promises readers will always be able to find him Though looking for God isn rsquo t really like looking for Waldo in [... more]

Do we weep for our nation's destruction Jesus looked on Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives weeping over the destruction He knew would come from the Romans Centuries earlier the prophet Jeremiah wept when the city was destroyed In this message we'll ponder lessons from a city under God's direct judgment Even in the midst of destruction God's steadfast love will never fail us Click here to listen Duration [... more]

Believers can tend to get caught up with everyone else when economic and social calamities strike How should we as believers act and live when the going gets tough Let's take some guidance from the prophet Jeremiah who saw times like ours coming To endure times of hardship we need to have a support system in place cultivated in the soil of our inner devotional life with God We'll explore five choices that cultivate intimacy with God where He can revive our souls even in the middle of a dry and dusty land Click here to listen Duration [... more]

Thousands of years ago the prophet Jeremiah revealed God's promise of a new covenant As Christians we are beneficiaries of that promise Today R C Sproul considers the new covenant in Christ and the blessings we have in Him Get R C Sproul's teaching series 'Promises' on Digital Download and 'Promises of God' on DVD 'for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org promises Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

In the early nineteenth century Thomas Carlyle gave a manuscript to philosopher John Stuart Mill to review Whether accidentally or intentionally the manuscript got tossed into a fire It was Carlyle rsquo s only copy Undaunted he set to work rewriting the lost chapters Mere flames couldn rsquo t stop the story which remained intact in his mind Out of great loss Carlyle produced his monumental work The French Revolution In the waning days of ancient Judah rsquo s decadent kingdom God told the prophet Jeremiah ldquo Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken [... more]

Billy Graham the renowned American evangelist once described his struggle to accept the Bible as nbsp completely true One night as he walked alone in the moonlight at a retreat center in the San Bernardino Mountains he dropped to his knees and placed his Bible on a tree stump able only to ldquo stutter rdquo a prayer ldquo Oh God There are many things in this book I do not understand rdquo By confessing his confusion Graham said the Holy Spirit finally ldquo freed me to say it lsquo Father I am going to accept this as thy Word mdash [... more]

When times are good it rsquo s easy to rely on ourselves But when calamity strikes you need a support system around you The prophet Jeremiah compares this to being like a tree next to a stream drawing nourishment so it can survive the drought Believers facing a tough future need each other more than ever This means connecting with fellow believers so that we can all bear fruit nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

The prophet Jeremiah withstood significant abuse--and yet through the grace of God he never allowed his suffering to breed bitterness Today R C Sproul examines the life of this man whose heart was overflowing with godly compassion Get the 'Dust to Glory' Special Edition DVD Series with R C Sproul for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org dust-to-glory Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

The people of Israel often strayed from God and He sent prophets to warn them and correct their paths Join Skip as he shares how the prophet Jeremiah tried to do just that and lead God s people back to Him This teaching is from the series The Bible From Feet - Links Website https connectwithskip comDonate https connnectwithskip com donateThis week's DevoMail https connnectwithskip com devomail [... more]

Early in his fifty-year ministry in Cambridge England Charles Simeon ndash met a neighboring pastor Henry Venn and his daughters After the visit the daughters remarked how harsh and self-assertive the young man seemed In response Venn asked his daughters to pick a peach from the trees When they wondered why their father would want the unripe fruit he responded ldquo Well my dears it is green now and we must wait but a little more sun and a few more showers and the peach will be ripe and sweet So it is with Mr Simeon rdquo Over the years [... more]

At seventeen Dowayne had to leave his family rsquo s home in Manenberg a part of Cape Town South Africa because of his stealing and addiction to heroin He didn rsquo t go far building a shack of corrugated metal in his mother rsquo s backyard which soon became known as the Casino a place to use drugs When he was nineteen however Dowayne came to saving faith in Jesus His journey off drugs was long and exhausting but he got clean with God rsquo s help and with the support of his Christian friends And ten years after Dowayne [... more]

Pastor Greg Barkman tells the story from the life of the prophet Jeremiah when the people of God minimized a serious disaster [... more]