Category Archives: Isaiah

Fire the pastor…

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Isaiah 56:9-12… All you beasts of the field, come to devour, All you beasts in the forest. His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark; Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yes, … Continue reading →

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Your thoughts are not my thoughts…

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

I’m preaching in Isaiah, lectio continua, and on this last Lord’s Day we were in Isaiah 55. I am also reading Exodus on my own. The way they inform each other is, well, interesting. Since they have the same ’capital-A’ Author, … Continue reading →

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THE illness…

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with griefsickness. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isaiah 53:3 Surely He has borne … Continue reading →

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Not yet…

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Isaiah 52:1… Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you. Of course, this side of glory there is … Continue reading →

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Table Meditation: March 4, 2012…

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Isaiah 46:3&4… “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb: Even to your old age, I am … Continue reading →

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Alec Motyer…if you’re out there…

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

Reading through Motyer’s Isaiah, I ran across this on Isaiah 45: And it is indeed true that, on entering Babylon, Cyrus engaged in a multi-faith exercise in which all the gods had won and all must have prizes. It comes … Continue reading →

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Get drunk and be somebody [3]…

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Isaiah 43:1… But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. This will make … Continue reading →

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Get drunk and be somebody [2]…

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

This will make more sense if you read this first. Isaiah 39:1-2… At that time Merodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had … Continue reading →

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Get drunk and be somebody [1]…

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

His name was…well, I guess it doesn’t really matter what his name was, now does it? It was three decades ago, in another city, in another state, in another life. I think we were on a job out of town, … Continue reading →

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WHAT did you say???

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Isaiah 40:27… Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: “My way is hidden from the Lord, And my just claim is passed over by my God”? Isaiah writes as if he is looking on the exile in … Continue reading →

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