We pick up today in Isaiah 1:21 with a lament. Here Isaiah is stepping back, taking stock of the situation and saying, “This is terrible!” Just to warn you: there is some harsh language to begin with, but it can be explained. The Unfaithfulness of God’s People How the faithful city has become a whore, […]
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The hypocrisy of religious people is extremely damaging to the witness we hope to have in the world. Non-Christians aren’t the only ones who pick up on it and say, “That’s terrible!” God does not like religious hypocrisy either. This is what we’ll see in Isaiah 1:10-20. Last week (see “God’s Grace for His Rebellious
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In Isaiah 1:2-9, we find a particular message broken into two parts. The first part is the Lord presenting His case against His children. The second part is a plea for them to turn back. God’s Children Rebel Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared
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Before we wade all the way into the depth of Isaiah, we need to prepare ourselves. To do that, we’re just going to look at Isaiah 1:1 and see a few things that will help us dive into the book next week. This first verse says, “The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which
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We’ve studied 1 Corinthians every summer for the past three years, and one thing we can all agree on is that the Corinthian church was a messed up church. They had so many problems all happening at the same time. They were very confused and troubled. Yet, God still loved them very much. In 1
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Throughout our study of 1 Corinthians, we’ve thought a lot about what it means to be the church. Mainly, we’ve focused on being a church, a local church – but today’s passage reminds us that we’re also a part of the church, all the Christians around the world. We are part of something much bigger
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