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the official blog of M.C. Kennedy


A True Security
"'You are telling a lie. The LORD our God did not send you to say, "Do not go to Egypt to live there"'" (Jeremiah 43:2). The people of...
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Feb 19, 20242 min read
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An Impractical Command
"'"Yet you, O Lord GOD, have said to me, 'Buy the field for money and get witnesses'--though the city is given into the hands of the...
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Feb 5, 20242 min read
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A Stubborn Faithfulness
"'For twenty-three years [...] the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened'"...
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Jan 29, 20242 min read
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An Honest Cry
"'Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?'"...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
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A Grieving God
"'Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?'" (Jeremiah 13:27). Jeremiah's title, "The Weeping Prophet,"...
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Jan 15, 20242 min read
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Only a Youth
"But the LORD said to me, 'Do not say, "I am only a youth"; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you...
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Jan 8, 20242 min read
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What Child Is This
"'Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel'"...
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Dec 18, 20232 min read
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Listeners
“The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his...
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Sep 25, 20232 min read
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Stirred Spirit
“And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak,...
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Sep 11, 20232 min read
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False Obedience
“‘And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in anything that he sent me to tell...
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Sep 4, 20232 min read
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A Faithless Bride
"'I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the LORD, that you may remember and be confounded, and never open...
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Aug 21, 20232 min read
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Like Fresh Fruit
“‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from...
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Aug 14, 20232 min read
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True Worship
“And the Lord said: ‘[…] this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and...
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Jul 24, 20232 min read
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Fierce Love
“‘My people are bent on turning away from me’” (Hosea 11:7a). Hosea’s ministry came near the ending of the kingdom of Israel. That nation...
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Jul 3, 20232 min read
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