Ben Van Arragon

Read: Lamentations 4:11-17 We watched for a nation which could not save. (v. 17) In December 2008, Bernard Madoff was arrested for fraud. For years, Madoff promoted a massive Ponzi scheme

Read: Lamentations 3:55-66 I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit. (v. 55) During the Second World War, Dutch citizen Corrie ten Boom and her family

Read: Lamentations 3:37-50 Let us test and examine our ways. (v. 40) The Hebrew verb often translated “repent” means, literally, “to turn” or “to return.” Repentance, in other words, isn’t simply

Read: Lamentations 3:27-33 The Lord will not cast off forever. (v. 31) The film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is based on events from the life of children’s entertainer Fred

Read: Lamentations 3:19-26 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end. (v. 22) One of my privileges as a pastor is getting to know

Read: Lamentations 3:1-15 He bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow. (v. 12) Following September 11, 2001, a few prominent Christian leaders were quick to assign

Read: Lamentations 2:17-22 Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! (v. 19) During their “empty nest” years, my grandparents cared for foster children. Many of them

Read: Lamentations 2:11-16 My eyes are spent with weeping; my stomach churns. (v. 11) It’s not easy being a prophet. Jeremiah’s ministry coincided with the decline and fall of the nation

Read: Lamentations 2:6-10 The LORD determined to lay in ruins the wall of the daughter of Zion. (v. 8) In the film Polish Wedding, a once-gentle husband flies into a jealous