Learning to Read the Bible, Week 16: Covenant Watchdogs - a podcast by Lakeside UMC

Sermon: Covenant Watchdogs

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Speaker: Rev. Dan Wunderlich

Description: Dr. Tim Mackie of the BibleProject describes the biblical prophets like “covenant watchdogs,” issuing warnings and calling people back to faithfulness to God. But it is not all gloom and doom. Even the most devastating of God’s punishments are ultimately about providing the cleansing necessary to restore the relationship and rebuild the covenant community.

Sermon Series: Learning to Read the Bible

Even if we accept that the Bible is not a textbook or moral instruction manual, we can still desire more clarity. For example, why are so many details in some of the stories either vague or missing completely? It turns out that this isn’t a mistake or just some cultural quirk of ancient literature, but it is an intentional tool of the biblical authors.

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