Rev. Dr. R. Reed Lessing serves as a professor of theology and ministry at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also the university's director for the Center of Biblical Studies. Reed has authored books in the Concordia Commentary series, including Isaiah 40-55, Isaiah 56-66, Amos, Jonah, and Zechariah. He is also the author of Overcoming Life's Sorrows: Learning from Jeremiah and the coauthor of Prepare the Way of the Lord: An Introduction to the Old Testament.