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Words of Hope’s Turkish director has recently begun partnering with a ministry called the Bible Correspondence Course. This ministry advertises free Bibles and Bible study materials in local newspapers.
A Lesson on National Peril
Read: Isaiah 2:5-22 The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will totally disappear. (vv. 17-18) Having read yesterday about God’s glorious future for his people, we can empathize with Isaiah’s dismay at the decadence in the religious and social […]
God’s Purpose for the Nations
Read: Isaiah 2:1-5 Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD. (v. 5) In this beautiful poem we have Isaiah’s vision of dramatic, world-embracing events expressed symbolically. These events will take place “in the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains […]
A Transformed City
Read: Isaiah 1:21-28 Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow’s cause does not come to them. (v. 23) With intense poetry and dramatic metaphor Isaiah describes the tragic consequences when God’s people, particularly leaders, ignore God’s standard for righteous living and compassion. What […]
Transforming Grace
Read: Isaiah 1:1-20 The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner’s manger, But Israel does not know, my people do not understand. (v. 3) In this reading we are introduced to Isaiah’s beautiful poetry and striking metaphors. Though the historical setting for this passage is not stated, Isaiah places the root cause for the […]
Dramatic Change
Read: 2 Chronicles 29:1-30 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us. (v. 10) What an immediate, dramatic change took place in the spiritual and public life of Judah when Hezekiah became king at age […]
A Corrupt Leader
Read: 2 Chronicles 28:1-27 For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel . . . (v. 19) Immediately north of Judah was the Jewish nation of Israel which had separated from Judah after the reign of Solomon. Its capital was Samaria. North of Israel was Aram (Syria); its capital was Damascus. North […]
Combatting Persecution in Niger
In the country of Niger, Christians—especially new converts—can be subjected to persecution. One of our producers explains: “The challenge is keeping up with listeners who want to accept Jesus as their Savior.” A listener recently confided: “You know, I am convinced that Jesus alone is the Savior, but I am afraid of the reaction of […]
A Corrupt Culture
Read: 2 Chronicles 27:1-9 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzziah had done . . . (v. 2) On the surface Jotham, the second of the kings that reigned during Isaiah’s prophetic ministry, was a model king of Judah. Judah was a theocracy […]