Showing posts with label Minor Prophets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minor Prophets. Show all posts
Friday, March 07, 2025

Thought for today

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1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. 2 Lord, how long will I call for help and you not listen?    I cry out to you, “Violenc...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Is a half a loaf the same as no loaf? (and other fallacious arguments)

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An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face. The familiar arguments to the effect that democracy is “just...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Go to Bethel…

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Amos [4:4–5] exposes the hidden darkness of these seemingly good activities and good people. Because the sacrifices and offerings have been ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Amos on Worship

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M. Daniel Carroll R. has an article on Amos and worship at Christianity Today . You definitely should read it! (HT: Jim Eisenbraun) To whe...
Thursday, July 01, 2021

Maybe not! But you are still responsible!

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The more deeply immersed I became in the thinking of the prophets, the more powerfully it became clear to me what the lives of the prophets ...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Pathos and prophecy

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After a hiatus of several weeks, let's get back to Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays : The knowledge about the inner state ...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

The source

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The prophets discovered the holy dimension of living by which our right to live and to survive is measured. However, the holy dimension was ...
Monday, April 13, 2020

Do they even exist?

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Isaiah and the others were desperately trying to prevent the disaster that would eventually engulf Israel if wholesale violation of the nati...
Friday, April 03, 2020

It's even more evil than you think!

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If you aren't reading Letters from an American , you should be. Yesterday evening's post ended thus: There was a remarkable moment ...
Sunday, October 27, 2019

Round the 'net

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We were traveling this last week, hence the lack of posts, but I still found time to read a bit. Here are some links I found of interest: R...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

It's effective, but limited…

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I would like to draw attention to another important dimension of the prophetic intercessory ministry that comes to expression through the me...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Grace over justice

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The phenomenon of “holy mutability” is often found in the context of a prophetic intercessory prayer that seeks the reversal of God’s will t...
Thursday, February 01, 2018

What's the response?

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[E]ven in the New Testament, there appears to be a sin that is beyond prayer for forgiveness. The challenge for the intercessor is to exerci...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Sleeping with the enemy

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Like Amos, Jesus also showed a tremendous solidarity with the poor and exploited, and showed an acute awareness of social injustice and reli...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

When is too much too much?

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In solitude, perhaps like in Abraham’s case, Yhwh not only reveals His intentions but also invites prophetic participation in leading Amos i...
Monday, January 15, 2018

The waiting game

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The God of the Bible is slow to anger and allows His prophet to affect a postponement of the intended punishment. It is important to note th...
Friday, January 05, 2018

Amos or Joel? Which do you choose? And why it matters

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In both the book of Joel and Amos, prophet and priest meet each other in the face of Yhwh’s imminent judgment. Interestingly, when we juxtap...
Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Hard-hitting Amos

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Amos’s messages are possibly among the darkest of all the prophets. Message after message underlines Israel’s sinfulness and Yhwh’s judgment...
Friday, December 29, 2017

The divine council and intercession

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[O]ur earlier finding [was] that intercessory prayer goes not only hand in hand with the prophetic office, but also happens often in the Bib...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Still hoping

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In the Old Testament, the outpouring of the Spirit of God is limited (with few exceptions) to the leaders and particularly to the prophets. ...