Publisher Description
Life is not easy. Its many trials often leave us wondering how we can press on in a fallen world. When we receive fresh wounds before old ones heal, we often are tempted to despair. We share this experience with the ancient people of God, and we can also share in the profound comfort God offered them. In the final chapters of Isaiah, the prophet presents a significant set of encouragements for the people of God as they journey through a world filled with trials and sorrow.In Strength for the Weary, Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas explores the final chapters of Isaiah, laying out the remarkable promises that God makes to His people. In these pages, there is consolation in the struggles of this life and encouragement for the road ahead. The God of Comfort has promised to be with His people always.
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About Derek W. H. Thomas
Dr.
Derek W. H. Thomas is the associate minister at First
Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina, and an adjunct professor of
systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is a council member of
the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, where he also serves as editorial
director, and is the editor of Reformation
21, the Alliance’s online magazine. A native of Wales, Dr. Thomas graduated
from RTS in 1978 then pastored for seventeen years in Belfast, Northern
Ireland. He earned his PhD from the University of Wales, Lampeter. He served as
the minister of teaching at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi,
before his call to Columbia. The author of numerous books, his other interests
include the music of Anton Bruckner, Richard Wagner, and Gustav Mahler. Dr. Thomas and his wife, Rosemary, have two
adult children and two grandchildren.