Where do I start?

Jeremiah 16:16-18:23

1 Thessalonians 4:1-5:3

Psalm 81:1-16

Proverbs 25:6-8

Over the last few weeks while I've been blogging about the one year bible there have been days when one idea has jumped out of the text at me from one passage, there have been days when all of the passages seemed to be saying the same thing and there have been days when not very much jumped out and I was left scratching my head for ideas.

Today has been a bit mad though, there are literally half a dozen different and really good ideas that could come from each of the passages.  From Jeremiah you could comment on the contrast (probably deliberate) between his negative use of fishing for men and Jesus positive use of it. You could talk about the iconic passage of Jeremiah and the potter.

In Thessalonians you could talk about Paul telling the Thessalonians to calm down about the return of Jesus and get on with living quietly in this world as a witness to their neighbours. In sharp contrast to modern Christian culture's sky-gazing mentality and its love for those horrible Left Behind books. You could talk about Paul's incredibly comforting words about death and resurrection.

The Psalm is a great celebration of exuberance in worship and the parallels between the Proverb and many of Jesus sayings on humility could lead into quite a discussion of the much under appreciated influence of the book of Proverbs on Jesus teaching.

Phew! All that and more in 15 minutes of the Bible! What a book, you could almost think it was inspired...