{"id":14722,"date":"2014-03-01T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T05:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?page_id=14722"},"modified":"2014-03-01T16:16:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T05:16:47","slug":"cry-of-hope-jeremiah-and-lamentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/studies\/cry-of-hope-jeremiah-and-lamentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry of Hope – Jeremiah and Lamentations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop John’s 2001 Lenten Study on Jeremiah and Lamentations can be downloaded here:\u00a0PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Preface:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It was a great joy to lead the Bible Studies at the 1988 Argentine Universities Bible Association National Conference: \u2018Please share something from your time among us.\u2019 The years of national crisis: the \u2018Dirty War\u2019 with over 30,000 \u2018disappeared\u2019, The Falkland Islands War, economic turmoil – inflation running at 5,000% per annum, massive poverty and distress. It all reminded me of a much earlier one who had held onto God in the midst of national crisis. One who had been brutally frank in his relationship with God and His people. We would continue to learn of walking in God\u2019s way from this one. Who was this person? Jeremiah.<\/p>\n

My addresses were edited into a devotional book \u201830 Days with Jeremiah: A love waiting with hope\u2019 published by Certeza Argentina in 1989. It has been republished in two further editions and found helpful to Spanish language readers for over a decade now.<\/p>\n

This Lenten Study Book 2002 develops that reflection and has led to significant rewriting for an Australian context. I have used the \u2018Lamentations of Jeremiah\u2019 to deepen the Lenten dimension of lament over the broken covenant relationship and God\u2019s judgement on His people. This later aspect, in particular, was deepened by late night conversation with my friend Rev Laurie McIntyre, to whom I am most grateful. I also wish to thank Mamie Long for her encouragement and patience in the forming of this book.<\/p>\n

My prayer is that these studies may be used to deepen our faith as we acknowledge sin for what sin really is, and as we experience the treasure of God\u2019s forgiveness and grace in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Shalom,<\/p>\n

John Harrower
\n25 July 2001
\nFirst anniversary as Bishop of Tasmania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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