The Old Testament Book of Lamentations is not necessarily the place you would think to look to find encouragement and hope. Its writer Jeremiah is known as the weeping Prophet. And the five-chapter Book is comprised of five poems of lament expressing grief as deep and heavy as any ever written. Jerusalem has been destroyed by the Babylonians as agents of God’s judgment. The city lay in ruins and looked, from a modern perspective, like an atom bomb had been dropped on it. Starvation had compelled women to cook their own children. And Jeremiah expresses his bitter anguish…
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Grace Notes 2024-07-03This week we will close up our consideration of the Table of Duties as the Youth, Widows, and Everyone in General are addressed.
In continuation of our exploration of the Table of Duties in Luther’s Small Catechism, this week we will look at the responsibilities “To Workers of All Kinds” along with those “To Employers and Supervisors.”
This week we will take a look at the responsibilities of husbands and wives according to Scripture as categorized in Martin Luther’s Table of Duties in the “Small Catechism.” First, we will begin the duties of husbands.