Archive for the “Lamentations” category
The Truth About Theology Students (or, The Truth About Why I Study Theology)
by i.burgess on February 21, 2012
Denial of pain is not uncommon among seminarians and theology students, and it impairs mission, ministry, and relationships among families and friends. Sometimes students begin their studies seeking to heal the world but fail to recognize their own brokenness as the source of that zeal. They discover the needs of street people, the ill, or [...]
Bear The Yoke
by i.burgess on November 29, 2011
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. I’ve been reading a commentary by Robin Parry on Lamentations. It’s in a fairly new series called ‘Two Horizons’ which offers both a commentary on the text, [...]
Not Forever
by i.burgess on June 24, 2011
Yesterday I wrote a lengthy piece about experiencing the harsh hand of the Lord. I drew from the language of the Exiles to show how terrible, hurting experiences are not void of God’s presence and there is no sin in admitting that these things are held in his hand. I tried to follow the Mourner’s [...]
I call this to mind
by i.burgess on June 23, 2011
A couple of days ago I posted an introduction to Lamentations and explored some of the ways Israel’s covenant resulted in their exile. As I see it, God was so concerned for his own glory being enjoyed by the nations and his people that he did not tolerate his people’s rejection. In exile he shows [...]
He brought me into darkness
by i.burgess on June 21, 2011
An Introduction to Lamentations I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long. (Lamentations 3:1-3) Lamentations, or ‘The Lamentations of Jeremiah’ in some Bibles, are [...]
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