My youngest son has prayed using the word “hope” for years: I wondered if I should correct him, until I learned the biblical definition of hope from the Old and New Testaments.
How kind of God to let us give up on him.
Jesus teaches that the greatest commandments are to love God radically and love others radically. How is this love different from every other love?
Transcript In the book of Micah, the people of Israel ask God what he wants from them. They wonder if he desires burnt offerings, a sacrificial lamb, or precious oil. God answers that...
In our translation, Micah 5:2 describes Bethlehem as “a small village.” Its diminutive size is forever enshrined in the opening of Phillips...
In a second set during the Rome Masters clay court tennis tournament, Andy Roddick led 5-3. He had triple match point when Fernando Verdasco appeared to hit a double fault. The line judge called...
The records of the earliest prophets are woven into the history of Israel in the books of Joshua through 2 Kings, rather...
The table below shows where in time the prophets fit within the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. Period Northern Kings Northern Prophets Southern Kings Southern Prophets United kingdom...
See God at work in this commentary on the books of the twelve minor prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and Jonah.
The Book of the Twelve Prophets covers a range of conditions in the life of Israel, each of which brings its own...
There is much debate about the background and dating of the prophets of Israel and Judah. See Introduction to the Prophets for...
Hosea, Amos, Micah, Obadiah and Joel were active in the eighth century when the state was well developed, but the economy was...
God puts the blame for Israel’s corruption on the people as a whole. They have abandoned God’s covenant, which both breaks their...
The same God who demands change also promises to make change possible. “A harvest is appointed when...
A Compelling Discussion on God's View of Work (Click to Listen) Despite God’s intentions, work is subjected...
Justice in work is not only an individual matter. People have a responsibility to make sure that...
Justice is not merely a secular issue, as the prophets see it. Micah’s call for justice in Mic. 6:8 follows from an...
The Book of the Twelve Prophets brings a unified perspective on work to a diversity of times and situations in the life...
Verse Section Hosea 1:2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife...
Decision-making is a relationship issue First and foremost, decision-making for the Christian is a relationship issue. Often the reason we have so many problems discerning God’s leading is that we just aren’t close...
Do you wonder if God has anything to say about your work? Explore key verses from each chapter of the Bible that...
The poor and underprivileged have limited access to justice as they do not have the means to pay for it. Yet many lawyers got into law in the first place as they felt...
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