{"product_id":"prophetic-lament-soong-chan-rah-9780830836949","title":"Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMissio Alliance Essential Reading List\u003cbr\u003e Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRELEVANT\u003c\/i\u003e's Top 10 Books\u003cbr\u003e Englewood Review of Books Best Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Soong-Chan Rah planted an urban church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, his first full sermon series was a six-week exposition of the book of Lamentations. Preaching on an obscure, depressing Old Testament book was probably not the most seeker-sensitive way to launch a church. But it shaped their community with a radically countercultural perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American church avoids lament. But lament is a missing, essential component of Christian faith. Lament recognizes struggles and suffering, that the world is not as it ought to be. Lament challenges the status quo and cries out for justice against existing injustices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world. It critiques our success-centered triumphalism and calls us to repent of our hubris. And it opens up new ways to encounter the other. Hear the prophet's lament as the necessary corrective for Christianity's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Resonate exposition of the book of Lamentations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Soong-Chan Rah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0830836942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780830836949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015 pg. 30","brand":"Soong-Chan Rah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052085145855,"sku":"9780830836949","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a43a078-5340-4541-bf17-3cf3e01988b4.jpg?v=1685016871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prophetic-lament-soong-chan-rah-9780830836949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}