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Jeremiah 7 | Temple Gate Sermon
January 11, 2026
Jeremiah

Jeremiah 7 | Temple Gate Sermon

Pastor Johnny Kurcina explores Jeremiah’s daring confrontation at the temple gates, where he warned that outward religious rituals are meaningless without a genuine heart-level relationship with God. God wants us to love Him with our whole hearts, without idols distracting us from what is important. He also wants us to love our neighbor and have a real concern for the justice and the protection of vulnerable groups like the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. 

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