Questions for Podcast

1. How does Lamentationsfunction as a theological response to the Babylonian Exile?

2. What does the Exile reveal about God’s covenantal justice and mercy?

3. How does the destruction of Jerusalem reshape Israel’s understanding of God’s presence and promises?

4. In what ways does Lamentations echo Deuteronomic theology (“blessings for obedience, curses for disobedience”)?

5. How does the Exile reframe Israel’s identity as a chosen people?

6. What does it mean to grieve with hope—or to grieve without resolution?

7. What parallels can we draw between the Exile and other biblical “wilderness” moments?

8. How does the Exile prepare the way for messianic hope and restoration theology?

About our Hosts

Daniel Sloan, Ph.D.

Dr. Daniel Sloan is a professor of Biblical Studies and serves as the online Director of the Master of Arts in Biblical Studies and Master of Arts in Biblical Exposition at Liberty University. He has a PhD in Theology and Apologetics with a concentration in Old Testament from Liberty University. He also serves as the Pastor of Family Life at Fairfield West Baptist Church in Fairfield, Ohio. He served as the Managing Editor and Contributor on the Thomas Nelson Evangelical Study Bible (Spring 2023).

Brian G. Chilton, M.Div., Ph.D.

Dr. Brian G. Chilton (PhD, Liberty University) is the founder of Bellator Christi Ministries and the co-host of the Bellator Christi Podcast. He serves as a hospice chaplain and an Adjunct Professor of Apologetics for Carolina College of Biblical Studies, a Dissertation Mentor/Adjunct Professor for Liberty University in the PhD in Applied Apologetics program, and an Adjunct Professor/Dissertation Reader at Carolina University in the DMin program. Dr. Chilton's primary area of research is on early Christianity, oral traditions, NT creeds, the blend of divine sovereignty and human freedom, and near-death experiences (NDEs).

S9E7 Exile and Lamentations (w. Dr. Daniel Sloan)