Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 11
A Word to Those Who Preach the Word 13
Preface 15
Jeremiah
1 A Prophet to the Nations 19
(Jeremiah 1:1-10)
2 When the Almond Tree Blossoms 29
(Jeremiah 1:11-19)
3 God Files for Divorce 37
(Jeremiah 2:1-37)
4 The Way Back Home 51
(Jeremiah 3:1-18)
5 True Repentance 63
(Jeremiah 3:19-4:4)
6 Lament for a City 73
(Jeremiah 4:5-31)
7 A Good Man Is Hard to Find 85
(Jeremiah 5:1-19)
8 What Will You Do in the End? 95
(Jeremiah 5:20-6:15)
9 At the Crossroads 107
(Jeremiah 6:16-30)
10 What the Church Needs Now Is Reformation! 119
(Jeremiah 7:1-15)
11 The Family That Worships Together 129
(Jeremiah 7:16-29)
12 The Valley of Slaughter 139
(Jeremiah 7:30-8:3)
13 Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth 149
(Jeremiah 8:4-17)
14 There Is a Balm in Gilead 161
(Jeremiah 8:18-9:11)
15 Something to Boast About 171
(Jeremiah 9:12-24)
16 The Scarecrow in the Melon Patch 183
(Jeremiah 9:25-10:16)
17 This Is (Not) Your Life 193
(Jeremiah 10:17-25)
18 Amen, Lord! 203
(Jeremiah 11:1-17)
19 How Can You Run with Horses? 213
(Jeremiah 11:18-12:6)
20 Paradise Regained 223
(Jeremiah 12:7-17)
21 Corruptio Optimi Pessima 233
(Jeremiah 13:1-27)
22 For God's Sake, Do Something! 243
(Jeremiah 14:1-22)
23 When God Lets You Down 253
(Jeremiah 15:1-21)
24 Jeremiah, the Pariah 263
(Jeremiah 16:1-17:4)
25 Like a Tree 273
(Jeremiah 17:5-18)
26 Keep the Lord's Day Holy 283
(Jeremiah 17:19-27)
27 In the Potter's Hands 293
(Jeremiah 18:1-23)
28 Vessels of Wrath 303
(Jeremiah 19:1-15)
29 Dark Night of the Soul 313
(Jeremiah 20:1-18)
30 No King but Christ 323
(Jeremiah 21:1-22:30)
31 Music for the Messiah 335
(Jeremiah 23:1-8)
32 I Had a Dream! 345
(Jeremiah 23:9-40)
33 Two Baskets of Figs 357
(Jeremiah 24:1-25:14)
34 "Take from My Hand This Cup" 367
(Jeremiah 25:15-38)
35 Delivered from Death 377
(Jeremiah 26:1-24)
36 Under the Yoke 387
(Jeremiah 27:1-22)
37 A Yoke of Iron 397
(Jeremiah 28:1-17)
38 Seek the Welfare of the City 407
(Jeremiah 29:1-9, 24-32)
39 The Best-laid Plans 419
(Jeremiah 29:10-23)
40 "And Ransom Captive Israel" 429
(Jeremiah 30:1-17)
41 Messiah in the City 441
(Jeremiah 30:18-31:6)
42 Rachel, Dry Your Tears 453
(Jeremiah 31:7-26)
43 The New Covenant 465
(Jeremiah 31:27-40)
44 Buyer's Market 477
(Jeremiah 32:1-25)
45 Is Anything Too Hard for God? 487
(Jeremiah 32:26-44)
46 "Pardon for Sin and a Peace That Endureth" 497
(Jeremiah 33:1-9)
47 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 505
(Jeremiah 33:10-16)
48 God Never Fails 515
(Jeremiah 33:17-26)
49 The Emancipation Revocation 525
(Jeremiah 34:1-22)
50 Promise Keepers 535
(Jeremiah 35:1-19)
51 Book Burning 547
(Jeremiah 36:1-32)
52 Benedict Jeremiah? 559
(Jeremiah 37:1-21)
53 In and Out of the Cistern 569
(Jeremiah 38:1-13)
54 A Private Audience 579
(Jeremiah 38:14-28)
55 Brands from the Burning 591
(Jeremiah 39:1-18)
56 A Remnant Chosen by Grace 601
(Jeremiah 40:1-41:15)
57 A Fatal Mistake 613
(Jeremiah 41:16-43:13)
58 The King or the Queen? 623
(Jeremiah 44:1-30)
59 Attempt Small Things for God 635
(Jeremiah 45:1-5)
60 God of All Nations 645
(Jeremiah 46:1-47:7)
61 The Pride of Life 659
(Jeremiah 48:1-47)
62 Most High over All the Earth 673
(Jeremiah 49:1-39)
63 "Full Atonement! Can It Be?" 687
(Jeremiah 50:1-46)
64 "Fallen! Fallen Is Babylon the Great!" 703
(Jeremiah 51:1-64)
65 "How Deserted Lies the City" 721
(Jeremiah 52:1-34)
Lamentations
66 Five Laments: An Epilogue 737
(Lamentations 1-5)
Notes 769
Scripture Index 793
General Index 807
Index of Sermon Illustrations 821
