What excites you about your sermon tomorrow, if preaching, and what is daunting?

For me, I’m looking forward to a new sermon series in the book of Lamentations. I’d venture to guess that outside of maybe a portion of chapter 3, many of our congregation has not heard a sermon or series in this book. At the same time, there’s so much that can’t be addressed or handled in a given sermon. That’s especially true with a book like this. I feel that tension of wanting to be faithful to the meaning of the text, especially from the original context, while also connecting with where my people are. Or put another way, I don’t want to just lecture, but proclaim the grace and glory of God in Jesus. {PPGR certainly has helped with this}.

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