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James McLemore
First, we must establish and explain to you that most of the water you drink comes from a well. Your fathers and mothers and grandparents were well acquainted with this fact, because most of them were born on a farm. On a farm, you had to find a source of water before you built a house, because land had no value if it did not have a well. Well water was always located below the surface. The farmer...
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Lee Ann Dunlap
In many small towns across America the annual Volunteer Fireman's Fair is the social event of the year, or at least it used to be. In days gone by, a typical carnival might have the usual carousel or Ferris Wheel, sometimes pony rides, and always there were the games of chance. (Today we might frown upon these as "gambling" — but back then it was just small-town fun for a good cause.) Bingo was us...
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Not long ago, there was a biography on television of Adolph Hitler. It showed material on Hitler’s childhood. You can’t help being drawn to that kind show. The underlying question that comes to mind is, what happened? A vile and repulsive man, to be sure, but seeing photographs of this man as an infant, as a child growing up, is somewhat disarming. It reminds us that the story did not start off ba...
4. Finding Fault With God
Jeremiah 2:4--3:5
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Chrysanne Timm
It is never a pleasant prospect to deal with someone who has a complaint with you. As a new pastor, and a very young one at that, one of the things I struggled with most was the experience of con­flict with members. I remember as if it were yesterday a signifi­cant misunderstanding that developed between the congregation's "matriarch" and me very early in my time there. I prayed about the difficul...
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John W. Wurster
Jeremiah tells us that there was a time and a place when God was upset, when the heavens were shocked, and appalled, and utterly desolate (2:12). It sounds like it was a time and place when God was weeping, a time and a place when God hurt. Can you believe that there could be such a time, such a place, such a God? In this time and place God was upset because the people had strayed. God’s very own...
6. Crackpots
Jeremiah 2:1-3:5
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Richard L. Sheffield
In a recent "Dennis the Menace" comic in the Lima News, Dennis' line to his mother is: "Before I tell you what happened, remember I'm just a little kid." My line to you this morning is: "Before I tell you about Jeremiah, remember I'm just a preacher." I'm just a messenger. Jeremiah, the prophet of God, was just a messenger. Jeremiah said to God, "I don't know what to say." God said, "I'll tell y...
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