Jeremiah and Lamentations: From Sorrow to Hope (Preaching the Word | PtW)

by Philip Graham Ryken

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2001

Overview

Both Jeremiah and Lamentations have lesson the world—and the church—need to hear. With the heart of a pastor and the knowledge of a scholar, Philip Graham Ryken applies these words of life to us today. His commentary will not only help you understand and teach from these spiritually relevant books, but inspire you with the courage and passion of God’s personal call for you to live in these times.

The "Weeping Prophet," the rabbis said, began wailing the moment he was born. Jeremiah had reason to weep--he witnessed the devastating consequences of life without God.

Sadly, the relativism Jeremiah saw in ancient Israel predominates in America today. That's why his words are so relevant for our lives. Better than anyone else, Jeremiah exemplifies through his courage, passion, even his sufferings, how believers can live for God in a society that has turned against Him.

While the book of Jeremiah shared the last, desperate days of the Jerusalem he loved, Lamentations expresses the cries of his heart. Yet they reveal more than the prophet's grief--they are an attempt to reflect on the meaning of human suffering. Lamentations gives voice to the deepest agonies, with the hope that some comfort may come from crying out to God for mercy. Together the two books illustrate the eternal principle that man reaps what he sows.

Contents

Top Highlights

“In fact, Jeremiah 29:7 is the only verse in the entire Old Testament in which God’s people are explicitly told to pray for their enemies.¹³ Prayer for the Babylonians is a foretaste of the forgiveness of Jesus Christ, who teaches, ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you’ (Matthew 5:44).” (Pages 415–416)

“A Biblical covenant is a binding relationship of eternal consequence in which God promises to bless and his people promise to obey.” (Page 466)

“The second milestone on the way back home is God’s election.” (Page 55)

“Sixth, Jeremiah promised that the New Covenant would be endless in duration:” (Page 473)

“A fourth aspect of Jeremiah’s New Covenant promise was evangelization.” (Page 471)

Product Details

• Title: Jeremiah and Lamentations: From Sorrow to Hope
• Author: Philip Graham Ryken
• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication Date: 2001
• Pages: 829

About Philip Graham Ryken

Philip G. Ryken (1966–) has served as the president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, since 2010. He earned degrees from Wheaton College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Ryken was the senior minister of Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church (where James Boice and Donald Barnhouse served previously) for about 15 years before he became the president of Wheaton College. He has been ordained as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

Ryken has authored over 30 books, including several volumes in the Preaching the Word Collection, the Reformed Expository Commentary, the Crossway Spiritual Growth Collection, Written in Stone, Discovering God in Stories from the Bible, and Exodus: Saved for God's Glory.