24
Mar

Palm Sunday and Fiery Furnace

Daniel 3:8-30 – As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego remained faithful to God, ready to face death, they were cast in the fiery furnace, only to go unharmed, while a mysterious fourth person (Jesus?) appeared with them. King Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges that their God is the only one who can rescue them like that.  As Jesus heads into […]

17
Mar

Life from Death

Ezekiel 36:22-27, 34:1-14 – Ezekiel is brought before the Valley of Dry Bones. And the question is, “Can these bones live?”  In other words, can life come from death?  The answer: God can. And by His Word the dry bones came back to life.  This is just like we, who are dead in our trespasses […]

10
Mar

The Good Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1, 11-24, 30-31 – As the Israelites are in exile, God promises that He will rescue the people, who are like sheep scattered.  He will be their Shepherd and will seek out the lost and the strayed sheep. Fast forward many years, and we know that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who seeks out […]

03
Mar

God Keeps His Promises

Jeremiah 31:31-40 – God told Jeremiah that He was going to give His people a new covenant.  We think about the covenant God made with Noah, sending the rainbow as the sign never to flood the earth again.  Jesus comes along as the fulfiller of the new covenant and the Lord’s Supper He gives as […]

25
Feb

Chosen by God

Jeremiah 1:1-19 – Jeremiah was chosen by God to be a prophet, even though he was just a youth. And the message he would bring to the people is not one that they would want to hear.  We are chosen by God, called by Him in Baptism, and we can be like Jeremiah and bring […]