Refining
Remembering Traditions
Date: January 10, 2020
Passage: Jeremiah 6:16–30
Jeremiah admonishes the people to remember the old traditions of faith and obedience. By returning to those ancient paths and walking in them they could find rest. They defiantly refuse (v. 16)! They actually showed a stubbornness and rejection of the law (vv. 16-19), as they gave …
IllustrationThe Honor System
A student government officer at the University of San Francisco wrote to the University of California concerning the use of the honor system during exams and received this reply: “The University of California abandoned the honor system several years ago when it became …