Dr. John Hartmann

This exquisitely insightful teaching deals with what it means to obey God’s voice in difficult times as exemplified in the multi-year ministry of Jeremiah. Dr. Hartmann provides a detailed account of the numerous interactions between God, Jeremiah, and the kings, false prophets and people of Israel in the pivotal period of 608 B.C. and 586 B.C. to show God’s unswerving primary intentions toward His people. The relationship between the passion of God for His people and the complexity of human free will in both an individual and collective dimension is masterfully drawn out of diverse Biblical texts that all relate to this one critical period of time surrounding the Babylonian captivity in the history of Israel. Jeremiah’s perseverance and pain as God’s messenger gives insight for the people of God that find themselves in the midst of an apostate ecclesiastical and political culture.

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