Jeremiah/Lamentations (NIV Application Commentary) w3-textbooksspring-st-113-1-doctrine-of-god-oliphint like a common criminal

like a common criminal

nor could they prepare them today’s complex and confusing dating world

The reading assignments are from the McNeill-Battles edition of the 1559 Institutes

sweeping narrative of the beginning of the downfall of God’s people

Jeremiah/Lamentations (NIV Application Commentary) w3-textbooksspring-st-113-1-doctrine-of-god-oliphint like a common criminalThe books of Jeremiah and Lamentations cannot be separated from the political conditions of ancient Judah. Beginning with the righteous king Josiah, who ushered in a time of glorious but brief religious reform, Jeremiah reflects the close tie between spiritual and political prosperity or disaster, between the actions and heart of Judah and her kings and their fortunes as a nation. While few of us today have any firsthand understanding of what it means