Build and Plant

The Old Testament prophets can seem like vestige of a long lost era, but they have enduring relevance to the church today still. That’s because they continue to challenge us and speak into the moment we live in, where the church’s warts have been on full display and many are leaving the church because, as Russell Moore says, “the church doesn’t seem to believe what the church says it believes.” The prophet Jeremiah is commissioned by God to speak to the nation of Judah in his day and ‘uproot and tear down, build and plant.’ In other words, pluck the weeds in the garden of the church and our hearts out so that God may plant what he desires and have a full, lush garden that bursts forth his glory to the world. In this series, we’ll be exposing our hearts to the words of Jeremiah, ask what we need to uproot in our own lives and church, and build and plant so we may follow Jesus fully.