Technology is great! We can do many tasks in a shorter amount of time and with greater ease that we could have done those same tasks just a few years ago. However, with that technology has come a threat of inconvenience and data theft. I personally marvel at the audacity and malice of someone who would write computer programs (viruses) to erase or destroy someone else’s data. Such activity is called “hacking.” I also am amazed by the ability of hackers to manipulate and expos

A recent reading of the book of Jeremiah has brought renewed appreciation for that man and his work, as well as new insight to a principle embedded in scripture. Jeremiah, of course was given the thankless task of pronouncing the final doom upon Judah for her many and continued sins. It was not Jeremiah’s fault that they stood condemned. He was simply the messenger. In fulfilling his task he paid a steep price—emotionally, physically and socially. In the waning days of Judah,