{"product_id":"2940015831863","title":"Living in Captivity: God's People in a Time of Crisis (2010 Florida College Annual Lectures)","description":"From the foreword:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a tendency for those of us who are no longer in the days\u003cbr\u003eof our youth, for whom “the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper\u003cbr\u003eis a burden,” as the writer of Ecclesiastes describes it (Eccl.\u003cbr\u003e12:5), to see our present age as so much worse than when we were\u003cbr\u003ein our youth. The same writer urges us not to say, “Why were the\u003cbr\u003eformer days better than these? For you do not enquire wisely concerning\u003cbr\u003ethis” (Eccl. 7:10). The older generation must recognize\u003cbr\u003ethat often our judgment about such things is flawed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of us will see the relevance of the theme for this year’s\u003cbr\u003electures because we have observed the moral decline in the United\u003cbr\u003eStates of America over the last fifty years. It is our prayer that\u003cbr\u003ethe lessons presented in this book, based firmly on things written\u003cbr\u003ebefore regarding the period of the Babylonian exile, will lead to our learning, “that we through the patience and comfort of the\u003cbr\u003eScriptures might have hope” (Rom. 15:4).","brand":"Florida College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080983724272,"sku":"2940015831863","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015831863_p0.jpg?v=1763624971","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015831863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}