The Prophet MicahRussian Orthodox Icon of the Prophet Micah (18th Century)Kizhi Monastery, Karelia, Russia Early in my seminary education, I developed an interest in studying the prophet Micah. One of my professors told me that my interest in Micah came because of my background as a pastor working with poor and oppressed people in California.… Continue reading The Book of the Prophet Micah – Part 1
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The Wiles of Satan: A Book Recommendation
By Elizabeth Prata I love to read the Puritans. Darrell Harrison, Dean of Digital Platforms at Grace To You Media, recommended this book, so I took a look. It’s The Wiles of Satan, by the previously unheard of Puritan William Spurstowe. DB Harrison said: “Of all the Puritan books I’ve read, I have to say this… Continue reading The Wiles of Satan: A Book Recommendation
The Book of Judges – A Hermeneia Commentary
Mark S. Smith and Elizabeth M. Bloch-Smith, Judges 1: A Commentary on Judges 1:1 – 10:5. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0800660628. $85.00. lviii + 864 pp. I am a frequent user and an enthusiastic promoter of the Hermeneia commentaries. The Hermeneia commentaries are scholarly commentaries that seek to explore and explain every detail of… Continue reading The Book of Judges – A Hermeneia Commentary
An Introduction to the Book of Joel
The Prophet Joelby MichelangeloThe Sistine Chapel The prophecy of Joel came out of his experience with the intense swarm of locust that attacked the Judean countryside. Joel detected in that profoundly disturbing event a sign of the approaching Day of Yahweh with its terrifying judgment. Joel was the son of Pethuel. Nothing is known about… Continue reading An Introduction to the Book of Joel
The Artist and the Book of Psalms
It was one of those out-of-the-blue questions. You know, the kind that comes up in a conversation and then pings around in your brain for the next few days. Steve Liberti, the drummer for ML3 and a Proclaim! International artist/missionary, calls me on the cell phone. “Hey, I’ve got a quick question,” he begins, “and I… Continue reading The Artist and the Book of Psalms
Studies on the Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament. Genesis is also the first book of the Pentateuch, also known as “the five books of Moses.” The name of the book comes from the Greek word genesis (γένεσις) which means “beginning.” The Hebrew name is bereshith (בראשית), a name taken from the first word of the… Continue reading Studies on the Book of Genesis
A Book of Remembrance
Yesterday we looked at the story of Esther and the favour that she found with the king. Today we will look at how God also allowed her uncle Mordecai to find favour because he refused to bow to Haman. Haman was promoted by the King and all the King’s men who served at the gate… Continue reading A Book of Remembrance
Introduction to the Book of Jeremiah
The Prophet Jeremiahby MichelangeloFrom the Sistine Chapel Ceiling The book of Jeremiah has more biographical material than any of the other prophetic books, enabling us to see the inner life of an Old Testament prophet. Much of what is known about the last days of Judah and of the troubled events related to the fall… Continue reading Introduction to the Book of Jeremiah
Sufferers and the Book of Job
The post below is an excerpt from my book Job and the Problem of Suffering. The greatest satisfaction Job derived from his ordeal and subsequent encounter with God was the knowledge that God had been with him the entire time of his ordeal and the assurance that God, whose nearness he prized above all, was with… Continue reading Sufferers and the Book of Job
Introduction to the Book of Job
Jobby Léon Bonnat (1880) The book of Job presents a series of reflections on the meaning of life. One of its main emphases is the problem of the suffering of the innocent. However, the book of Job does not provide an answer to the problem of human suffering. The book of Job is also a… Continue reading Introduction to the Book of Job