In the beautiful poem of Isaiah 40, which we used to open worship this morning, and which Mark quotes at the beginning of his Gospel, we’re asked to imagine a great public works project: the building of a superhighway. This highway was needed because the time of exile...
Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem. He saw that in the last days, the mountain of God’s House – the temple – would be The Mountain. It would tower over all the other mountains, glorious and strong. From all the nations,...
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim...
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the...
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. -Isaiah 58:12 Isaiah was a faithful prophet, and the Old Testament book that bears his...
