In Matthew 2 we get the story of the wise men or magi and related events. Herod’s desire to kill Jesus takes the family to Egypt for a time.
Matthew 2 Verse by Verse
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39 Books: Jeremiah – The Weeping Prophet
Jeremiah – The Weeping Prophet
Jeremiah had the sad calling of announcing the coming judgment prior to the fall of Jerusalem and the people’s exile in Babylon.
Central Reflections: Repentance
God responds to repentance by welcoming the sinner home.
Central Streaming: Called and Unconquerable
- God’s calling of Jeremiah reminds us that God has plans that are bigger and better – and earlier – than we even know.
Palmer St. Podcast: An Eternal Throne
The Old Testament has a few markers or mountain peeks that help us in understanding the entire message, big story or metanarrative of the Bible. One of them is 2 Samuel 7. This chapter points us back to Abraham, forward to Jesus, and declares that David’s throne and dynasty will be eternal.
Palmer St. Podcast: His Work Is Finished
Certain jobs are never quite completed. For example: Cleaning, cutting the grass, washing Clothes, add your (least) favorite routine item here. Christ came to this earth on a mission. He finished the job. Our redemption is complete.
Palmer St. Podcast: Our Divine Mediator
The Nature of the Dispute:
- We have set up huge barriers between ourselves and God.
- God desires to remove them.
- His holiness requires that a price be paid from the human side to atone for our many sins.
- We owe God more than we can honestly pay.
- We are in over our heads.
