“Jeremiah challenges YHWH’s righteous judgement and receives a not-altogether encouraging response. In the midst of this exchange, we discover what being a faithful person in YHWH’s service truly means.”
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
“Jeremiah proclaims the word of YHWH, the King of nations. As the King judges Judah, Jeremiah prays covenantal justice will be YHWH’s measure, rather than his wrath.”
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
When does society break down? Is it when the market crashes or thousands upon thousands die? Does society crumble without a government or the arts? Or maybe society is lost when neighbors, even family, act in bad faith.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
When we think we know everything, but lack the sense of a bird flying south for the winter, our teacher is typically a hard, humiliating taste of reality; unless we listen to the repetitive warnings from those who love us.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
The hardhearted hear but never listen; speak but never communicate; and look but never see. Before the consequences of their actions crash upon them and worlds fall apart, the hardhearted repose as cold silence falls.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
Jerusalem is filled with false people young and old, rich and poor alike. As the Babylonian army approaches, YHWH is at the front.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
What does it mean for YHWH to take vengeance? Is this the end?
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
What will YHWH do as the world crumbles around Judah? We take the view YHWH weeps rather than justifies.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
What's the difference between breaking a relationship and knowingly breaking one? YHWH has an answer as he compares and contrasts Israel and Judah.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
YHWH wages a case against Israel and Judah both in love and the law.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
Jeremiah 1 introduces the call of Jeremiah from the womb and a message for all of Israel.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements
This is the first episode of the Brothers Berkley Bible Study. We're starting with Jeremiah...but first, a little about how we view the Bible.
Commentaries/Books used for this study:
Like Fire in the Bones - Walter Brueggemann
New Beacon Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 - Alex Varughese
Jeremiah Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching - R.E. Clements