Tag: lent
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Nehemiah 9 – The People Confess Their Sins
Today’s Short Take on Scripture focuses on confession. Yesterday this personal conviction came to mind from imprinted corporate confession of the church. (You’re church may not use such a confession, but should they lead us in this way?) Confession of Sin Before Communion From the Anglican BCP [Book of Common Prayer] (public domain, source not…
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Ashes to Ashes
Genesis 18:27 KJV And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: Do you know the context of this? (Answer in a moment; but first another quote and some additional background.) Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take…
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Our Lament and Weeping -2- Judgment
Previously, we asked of Jeremiah’s lament for Jerusalem, “For what hope have any who have turned against the Lord?” He has just said, “For my groans are many, and I am sick at heart. – Lamentations 1:22b And now his elegy will address a just judgment on Jerusalem by the Lord. Judgment on Jerusalem Lamentations…
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Our Lament and Weeping
Have you ever considered the connection between Jeremiah’s two books or the cause of our lament and weeping?