Sunday, November 13, 2016

God at work

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Remembering is the theme at the beginning and end of Malachi. Remembering God’s promise to punish Edom (Mal 1:2–5), reflecting upon what God...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

A timely word from the Book of the Twelve (Minor Prophets)

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Righteousness and justice—how one relates to God and human beings—are the hallmarks by which humanity in general, and God’s people in partic...

What's a person to do?

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Just saw this by Ed Stetzer. Very good. Here's a snippet: Half of Americans, and the vast majority of white Evangelicals, have elected...
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Friday, November 11, 2016

The significance of the prophetic books

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The word of God in the prophetic books is understood to have a potential significance that goes far beyond the time they describe. The proph...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

A Psalm for today

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Psalm 94 94  Lord , avenging God—      avenging God, show yourself! 2  Rise up, judge of the earth!      Pay back the arrogant exactly ...

It's a modern problem

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The problem of differentiating between the historical and literary prophet did not trouble ancient scribes as it has troubled modern scholar...
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Idolatry unmasked

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On this post-election Wednesday, there are a lot of people rejoicing and a lot of people weeping. As Christians, what should our response be...

Another difference to note

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There is also a significant difference between the ancient Near East on the one hand and Israel on the other. The ancient Near Eastern archi...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Psalm 73

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But me? My feet had almost stumbled;      my steps had nearly slipped 3       because I envied the arrogant;      I observed how the wi...

God's word for today

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A psalm for this year's election day, Psalm 62 : Only in God do I [ a ]  find rest;      my salvation comes from him. 2  Only ...
Monday, November 07, 2016

But I want easy answers!

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"The role of Job serves as paradigm for a righteous man faced with the human condition. As often noted, Job protests against easy answe...
Sunday, November 06, 2016

Contingency

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"These verses [Joel 2:12–14] employ שוב [šwb] positively, twice commanding the people to return to YHWH, and once holding out the prosp...
Thursday, November 03, 2016

It's not simple, that's for sure

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An author may “quote” another text inexactly. An author may work from memory and simply record a slightly different version of the text, or ...

But nothing like this

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Sometimes [in the ancient Near Eastern prophecies], mild criticism of the king is combined with grandiose promises, when the prophets remind...
Monday, October 31, 2016

To whom is it addressed?

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Prophecy in the ancient Near East was a political tool of state propaganda that was used to preserve the prevailing order. Generally, the di...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Praxis matters

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Righteousness and justice—how one relates to God and human beings—are the hallmarks by which humanity in general, and God’s people in partic...
Friday, October 28, 2016

Those pesky prophets!

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Nowhere else in the entire ancient Near East did prophets or other men of God ever proclaim such a message. True, outside Israel, gods could...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

A different perspective

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From James D. Nogalski, “Joel as ‘Literary Anchor’ for the Book of the Twelve,” in Reading and Hearing the Book of the Twelve , ed. James D....

From beginning to restoration

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The Christian life now is not about fear that we will fail to keep happy the One who loved us while we were still enslave to darkness. The ...