This will be an 18-week study of the Book of Jeremiah in two parts. Precept is an inductive in-depth Bible study method including self-study and weekly group discussion. It is a global ministry based out of Chattanooga, TN and founded by Jack and Kay Arthur in 1970. Jeremiah is sometimes described as "the weeping prophet" who prophesied to the Southern Kingdom of Judah at the time surrounding its fall to the Babylonian Empire. Many of the moral failings of that time parallel those seen in our own society today. Participants should purchase their own workbooks directly from the Precept website at precept.org/Shop/By book of the Bible/Old Testament/Jeremiah/Precept Upon Precept or In-and-Out/ESV or NASB Workbook/Part 1. You can choose either the Precept Upon Precept study requiring about 5 hours of private study time per week ($20.25) or the In-and-Out method requiring about 2.5 hours per week ($15.75). Allow 7-10 days for workbook delivery. Our first meeting on 9/7 will just be group member introductions and a review of the Precept study method. Our first real lesson will be on 9/14. "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." (Jer 29:11)