Superficial

Refusing to Listen to God’s Direction

Even the dead would not escape God’s judgment. Jeremiah describes how the enemy will desecrate the graves which was a common practice in the warfare of that day. The bones of those who had died before the fall of Jerusalem would be removed from their graves and exposed to t …

Sword, Famine And Pestilence

These verses describe a great drought upon the land (vv. 1-2). One of the covenant curses God threatened to send on the disobedient nation was a drought (Deut. 28:22-24). In a land where rainfall is marginal, a drought can have far-reaching effects. As a consequence of the people …

IllustrationFame is Deceptive And Beauty is Fleeting

I recently heard from a reliable source that research tells us teenage girls would rather be a gopher for a celebrity than be CEO of a major corporation. Fame is deceptive and beauty fleeting, as Proverbs says, but they are both mighty attractive to the superficial mind. We want, …

IllustrationAdding Jesus to Budda And Confucius

American missionaries went to Japan after WWII and multitudes were coming forward to be saved but they seemed to lack genuine conviction. Decisions seemed to be superficial. They came to realize that in the Japanese culture they are taught that when you are conquered, you h …