Jeremiah for Everyone

by John Goldingay

Publishers:

SPCK; Westminster John Knox

, 2015

Overview

In this volume on Jeremiah, John Goldingay explores the longest and most complex of the prophetic books. Jeremiah was written for survivors of war, suffering, and exile. It portrays three Babylonian military invasions and the resulting destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, which Jeremiah depicts as the end of the life God’s people had known. Themes in the book include wrestling with the questions: How could God allow this suffering? How did things go so terribly wrong? How could God abandon us? Can the flame of faith burn in the darkness?

Contents

Top Highlights

“It’s an impossibly demanding task imposed on a man who doesn’t want it. But Jeremiah isn’t just pushed out into the battlefield without support. God will be with him. In the Bible, it doesn’t mean that people feel that God is with them and that things will be OK. It means God is with them in a way that brings protection, whether or not they feel God is with them.” (Page 11)

“And I like the saying that depression comes from living too much in the past and anxiety comes from living too much in the future. Only living in the present moment with God will relieve both.” (Page 149)

“The point of telling these stories about Jeremiah is again what they tell us about people’s attitude toward God. It’s frightening to be identified with God’s message. More than once it almost cost Jeremiah his life. Back at the beginning, God had told him he’d be protected, and perhaps at one level he believes that promise, but it doesn’t stop him from being understandably afraid.” (Page 188)

“But once you’re financially dependent on the people you minister to, you’re under huge pressure to tell people what they want to hear. Who’s going to pay a prophet for telling them that they deserve to be sick and need to go home and repent?” (Page 42)

“One way our minds are crooked is that we have an infinite number of ways of justifying any action we’d like to take” (Page 95)

Product Details

• Title: Jeremiah for Everyone
• Author: John Goldingay
• Series: For Everyone Bible Study Guides
• Publishers: SPCK, Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Jeremiah › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780664233884, 0664233880
• Resource ID: LLS:EVRY24JE
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-12-18T20:37:12Z

About John Goldingay

John Goldingay has been at Fuller Theological Seminary since 1997 and currently serves as the David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament in the School of Theology. Before coming to Fuller, Goldingay was principal and a professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at St. John’s Theological College in Nottingham, England. He is the author of several books, including Old Testament Theology vol. 1, After Eating the Apricot, and Models for Scripture, as well as commentaries on Daniel, Isaiah, and Psalms. He holds membership in the Society of Biblical Literature and serves on the editorial board for the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies.