Posts Tagged ‘jeremiah’

Inadequate

Have you ever felt like you were inadequate?  Unable to live up to the expectations of everyone around you? Lost in a hopeless race to get everything done God has appointed you for? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you’re in good company: two well known Bible figures, Gideon and Jeremiah, felt [...]

Onomaticon: Shiloh and Righteous Branch

Shiloh When the patriarch Jacob realized that he was going to die soon, he gathered his sons together and blessed them — or more accurately, he foretold what each tribe of Israel would become. Judah was favored, but there is an unfamiliar phrase in the middle of his blessing: “The sceptre shall not depart from [...]