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Podcast: Parish Presbyterian Church
Episode: Lamentations 2:1, 5, 11-14, 17; 4:1-2, 5, 13 Judgment Begins at the House of God
Description: As Pastor Grant put it last week, the book of Lamentations calls us to remember, repent, and return to the Lord. This week's sermon text focuses on that middle term—repentance—and specifically highlights the failures of the religious leaders in Judah: "Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions"; "This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests" (Lamentations 2:14; 4:13). Jeremiah laments the lack of repentance in the church and charges her shepherds with bringing this judgement upon themselves. Because of this, most of the musical pieces in this morning's service place us i...