by Colin Harris | Sep 15, 2020 | Opinion
Studies in Jeremiah have typically summarized his assessment of Judah’s waywardness from covenant faithfulness under the two sins of injustice and idolatry. He clearly joins his predecessors in calling out the patterns of social and economic life that allowed the...
by Colin Harris | Nov 4, 2019 | Opinion
“Exile” is a very negative word, conjuring up images of forced deportation and political banishment. Even in the milder forms of some traditions’ practice of “shunning” those who have misbehaved, a kind of social and psychological exile alienates one from the...
by Colin Harris | Oct 8, 2019 | Opinion
Borrowing the title of Mitch Albom’s popular reflections on his visits with a beloved mentor, my thoughts from my regular visits with the prophet Jeremiah in some ways mirror his. Words and insights from others can have a profound effect on how we see the world and...
by Bob Browning | Sep 5, 2013 | General
A sermon, by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. August 25, 2013 Jeremiah 1:4-10 I don’t know the plans Jeremiah had for his future, but I am confident they did not include a forty year career as a prophet. So startled was he when he received...
by Bob Browning | Dec 3, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., on December 2, 2012. Jeremiah 33:14-16 If you are a serious Christmas shopper, you are a list maker. If you are really serious, you have finished shopping. Even if you have purchased...