Jeremiah
04 Jeremiah 7:1-15 What is wrong with religion?

04 Jeremiah 7:1-15 What is wrong with religion?

Religion should make a difference in our lives. By “religion,” I mean the set of outward behavior, practices, ethics and rituals that we do or avoid doing to mark ourselves as believers. Believing in God means we ought to love and value what God loves and values, and therefore we ought not to be nicer to each other. Yet, religion doesn’t seem to solve all the problems we think it ought to solve. What is wrong with religion? Why doesn’t it make more difference?

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03 Jeremiah 2:1-13 Why is God so difficult to believe in?

03 Jeremiah 2:1-13 Why is God so difficult to believe in?

Why is God so difficult to believe in? We want control. We explain away His gifts and provision. We want a predictable god who doesn’t surprise us. The God of Scripture is complicated and does not answer all our questions. We are afraid the hope of the gospel is too good to be true. The truth is that God is really not hard to believe in. The problem is that it is our hearts that are fickle.

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