"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11). This Old Testament verse from Jeremiah is one of the ...

What the patron saint of cooks and a beloved Bible verse can teach us about faithful living around the dinner table. “Christ with Martha and Mary,” from an unknown 17th-century Master of the Flemish ...

How would I get to nursing homes, or respond to emergencies? What would I do when it snowed? I hoped the answers would come as I pedaled. The Old Testament displays an ongoing conversation between ...

I was 17 years old when someone first gave me Jeremiah 29:11 as a gift: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and ...

Jeremiah (born after 650 BCE in Anathoth, Judah; died c. 570 BCE in Egypt) was a Hebrew prophet whose ministry spanned one of the most turbulent eras in the ancient Near East. As noted in your source, ...

An overview of the historical background and theology of Jeremiah to help you develop your sermon series and apply it to your hearers. Almost everything in Jeremiah was addressed to people who ignored ...