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Jesus Lamented, too

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Scot McKnight
Mar 30, 2021
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Jesus lamented and laments.

Is there lament in the New Testament? As Rebekah Eklund states, if the tragedy of the NT is the death of Jesus, and if in that death Jesus conquers evil, why lament? “If God has won, is there anything left to complain about?” That is, is lament a non-Christian form of address to God? See her new book Practicing Lament.

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