Acknowledgments

I am blessed to serve alongside some of the greatest brothers; they constitute our pastoral staff and elders. Mitchell, Mathew, Kevin, Jim, Tommy, Matt, and Rob—thank you for your support, your prayers, your encouragement, your sacrifices, and your faithfulness. Mathew and Kevin, in particular, thank you for always striving to rightly divide God’s Word and feed the Lord’s sheep well. Thank you, Mitchell, for making sure we sing the Word. For all of you, I thank the Lord often. Serving with you is one of my greatest joys.

Thank you to David Platt, Tony Merida, and Danny Akin for entrusting me with another volume in the Christ-Centered Exposition series. To be given the opportunity to write about Ezekiel was a grace, but now with Esther I have received grace upon grace. I am thankful for how the Lord has used each of you in my life through these years of friendship.

And now, Father, to the one whom I owe the greatest gratitude: you sought me when I was far away. You gave me ears to hear the gospel and grace to respond. You have been so faithful when I have not. Your goodness to me overflows, and I deserve none of it. Father, I pray you would use this book to make much of Jesus. I love you and say thank you for so many evidences of your grace.

Landon Dowden
April 30, 2018