Prophet Margins
I Knew You
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…” this is one of the most recognizable texts in the Bible. God is telling the boy Jeremiah that God had envisioned a mission for this boy that would transcend his age and his circumstances. God was calling Jeremiah to be God’s “prophet to the nations.” This morning, Pastor Wayne takes a look at the meaning of “calling” and its relationship to prophetic ministry as we close out this series on…
Yeilding Wild Grapes
We continue the series dealing with the prophets from the Revised Common Lectionary readings. This morning, we continue from Isaiah 5:1-7. It is a harsh word comparing Israel to “wild (rotten) grapes” and declaring that it would be destroyed. The people had lost their way, they didn’t acknowledge that their current state was a gift from God, and (most of all), they forgot the need to care for widows, orphans and the poor. Our Scriptures this morning:Isaiah 5:1-7Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19Hebrews…
Learn to do Good
We will look at the prophet Isaiah this morning as we continue with this series based upon the Old Testament prophets. In this opening to the book of Isaiah, the voice of God is telling us through Isaiah that our rituals our religiosity are not all that there is to a life of faith. The problem is that the people were substituting religiosity for an active faith that would “cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue…
