We were VERY short staffed tonight, but John Spellman covers the ministry of the prophet Micah. This study examines the hard lot of a prophet. Although many looking back regard prophets as heros and place them on "pedestal", they were ordinary human beings who went through great trials and perils. Micah, like many prophets, was grieved and sorrowful about the message he had to preach. Were God's messengers meant to be detatched from people? Did they share in the distress and sorrow that would come upon the wicked as a result of sin?
Topic: The Prophets
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John Spellman covers the message of Amos. Do religious rituals and practices really give us unrestricted access to God? Is there something more important than the rituals we do at Church? Are their times when God won't accept rituals He, Himself, put in place? What does it mean to "Seek the Lord, and Live"? Why does our society confuse good and evil when God seems to have a particular view of good and evil? These questions are explored in this study.
This week we begin focus on the minor prophets. John Spellman and Joseph Williams discuss Spiritual Adultery based on the story of the prophet Hosea. How can Christians today avoid spiritual adultery? What does it mean to be faithful to God? How can we know God? Why would God command a holy prophet to marry a prostitute?
Many think of the story of Jonah as a bedtime story for children. This week's lesson expounds on and covers the story of Jonah in a way that many have never heard. What evidence is there for the historocity of this book? Can a person really be eaten by a big fish and survive for 3 days? What was Jonah supposed to learn from the belly of the fish? What was the gourd and the worm all about, and what was God teaching His prophet? Why did God spare Nineveh, and what lessons can we learn from all this today?
God is a God of love and at the same time a God of justice. What is the connection between God's love and justice as revealed in the story of Hosea? What can we learn through Hosea's metaphors about God's compassion on His people. Find out in this week's lesson.
God is a God of holiness and justice. This week we explore the holiness and justice aspects of God's character through the prophet Joel. God promises to send the Holy Spirit to His people in the last days. Can this prophecy have multiple fulfillments? Follow us this week as we examine the prophet Joel.
Explores the messianic prophecies in chapters 8 through 14. God promises to send His righteous servant, the good shepherd. What does this mean? Why did so many misunderstand the prophecies of how the Messiah would be pierced and the sheep scattered? What does this say about how God reveals truth to His people? How should we reveal truth to people today?