While the author of Lamentations remains nameless within the book, strong evidence from both inside and outside the text points to the prophet Jeremiah as the author. Both Jewish and Christian tradition ascribe authorship to Jeremiah, and the Septuagint—the Greek translation of the Old Testament—even adds a note asserting Jeremiah as the writer of the book. In addition, when the early Christian church father Jerome translated the Bible into Latin, he added a note claiming Jeremiah as the author of Lamentations.
In this Part 3 of Amos, Pastor Stuart McAlpine presents Amos’s connection to the simple life of the people which made its way into...
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness,...
“I have not had time to prepare today’s sermon as thoroughly as I should have.” Confess such failures to the Lord, but the congregation...
