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Tag: Prophets Speak Truth to Power
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Lesson 13: Summary of Prophets
Read MORE: Lesson 13: Summary of ProphetsI was surprised that the first thing that jumped out at me when I reflected on this series was how much the religious and political authorities resisted the message of the prophets. Admittedly, at the invitation of some of our…
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Lesson 12: Modern Prophets
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Modern ProphetsExcept for a very few small sects, prophecy as an office in which a person received a message directly from God disappeared from Christianity for 2000 years. The institutional Church used canon, creed, educated theologians, and consecrated authority to discern…
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Lesson 11: New Testament Prophets
Read MORE: Lesson 11: New Testament ProphetsProphecy moves in a very interesting direction in the New Testament. A good third of the Old Testament, 17 books in all, are records of prophetic visions. There is only one in the New. That seems strange when the main…
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Lesson 6: The Minor Prophets
Read MORE: Lesson 6: The Minor ProphetsLooking at the other prophetic books individually doesn’t help much in trying to figure out what we should be doing in the 21st Century. Jonah is obviously another fictional story like those in Daniel, written to encourage people to obey…
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Lesson 5: Daniel
Read MORE: Lesson 5: DanielThe Old Testament prophets try to explain how their God can be supreme while other nations, who worship different gods, continually defeat and control the Israelites. Their attempts sometimes produce inconsistent pictures of God. In one paragraph, he brings judgment…
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Lesson 4: Jeremiah
Read MORE: Lesson 4: JeremiahWhen I started this series exploring what Old Testament prophets have to say about the present political situation, I was afraid that I might force the issue. It turns out there’s no danger of that as the current administration does…
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Lesson 3: Hosea
Read MORE: Lesson 3: HoseaAlthough Hosea proclaimed judgment against God’s people at around the same time as Amos, he certainly offered more hope. In fact, his ideas lay the groundwork for Jesus’ ministry. Hosea links divine judgment much more to Israel’s seeking security from…
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Lesson 2: Amos
Read MORE: Lesson 2: AmosLet’s start with Amos. We know very little about his life. He shows up at Bethel in the northern kingdom of Israel, proclaiming God‘s judgment right before Assyria crushes her. Because he is from Judah, the king’s priest tells him…
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Lesson 1: The Prophets
Read MORE: Lesson 1: The ProphetsIn this series, I plan to examine the teachings of individual prophets, paying special attention to what they say about our present political situation. I think it’s safe to say that few of us know much about the prophets. I…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!