With Mark Hill.

Jeremiah is probably not regarded as one of the most cheerful books or maybe the most cheerful characters in the Bible, but if we think only of that then we'll miss out on what lessons there are for us to benefit from. There is actually a lot of encouragement that can be received from this book and this character, along with the things he went through and the way he dealt with them.

The things that happened to Jeremiah and the circumstances that he faced are not too far removed from the attitudes that exist against God’s people today – and certainly against the truth of his word. In many instances, those who purport to be speaking on behalf of God today don’t actually say a lot of what God would want them to say.

Perhaps one of the greatest causes of atheism is hypocrisy amongst those people who claim to believe in God. There's no need for hypocrisy, there's no need to be mere ‘church members’ – there is a need to stand firm and speak the truth of God's word and live according to the truth of God’s word … to know why we believe what we believe and to not hold back from speaking the truth.

May it never be said of us I can’t hear what you’re saying, because your actions are so loud.

Broadcast on 26th June 2022

This talk is based on Jeremiah 1

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