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Ben Van Arragon

Ben Van Arragon is the Minister of Worship and Leadership at Plymouth Heights Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He preaches and teaches the Bible in church, online, and anywhere else he has the opportunity.
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Devotionals

Bad News

Read: Jeremiah 10:17-22 A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes! (v. 22) “Fake news” is a new expression. But fake news itself is nothing new. It was all the rage

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No Substitutes

Read: Jeremiah 10:1-7 There is none like you, O Lord. (v. 6) The film Citizen Kane opens with the death of its title character. Charles Foster Kane spent his life

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Crushed

Read: Jeremiah 8:18-22 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed. (v. 21 NIV) At the beginning of the pandemic, news broke in the United States that some civil servants

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If Only . . .

Read: Jeremiah 7:1-8 Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. (v. 3) The movie Leave No Trace is about a homeless father

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No Peace (Know Peace)

Read: Jeremiah 6:9-17 They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace. (v. 14) I live in the United States. In the

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Not . . . Completely

Read: Jeremiah 5:12-19 “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not destroy you completely.” (v. 18 NIV) In the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, some prominent

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Return, Faithless People

Read: Jeremiah 3:11-18 “Return, faithless Israel,” declares the LORD. “I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful.” (v. 12) In her memoir Wild, Cheryl Strayed describes

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Two Sins

Read: Jeremiah 2:1-13 I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you. (v.19) My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and

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I Am with You

Read: Jeremiah 1:11-19 I am with you, declares the LORD, to deliver you. (v.19) Trusting God is easy when life is good. It becomes more challenging when life falls apart.

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