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Where is God in times of disaster? How can God allow suffering? What are God's people to do about moral decay in society? While people throughout the ages have long pondered these questions, three of the minor prophets--Joel, Micah and Habakkuk--provide insights to these perennial problems.The people of Joel's day were devastated by a locust plague, which Joel said warned of the coming Day of the Lord. Micah rebuked a culture of corruption and moral evil. Habakkuk cried out to the Lord on account of a society bent on violence. All three point to a transcendent God who gives hope in times of uncertainty.David Prior's passage-by-passage exposition of these three books provides careful study and measured insight and application for today's church.… (més)
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For Marcus, Daniel, Emma and Susanna, as they each find their way and their calling in the twenty-first century marketplace
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[General Preface] The Bible Speaks Today describes a series of both Old Testament and New Testament expositions, which are characterized by a threefold ideal: to expound the biblical text with accuracy, to relate it to contemporary life, and to be readable.
[Author's Preface] Joel, Micah, and Habakkuk have no discernible link with one another, in either their historical setting or their content.
I remember the first time I saw a locust.
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[Author's Preface] My personal prayer is that these three prophets will encourage every reader, each in his or her own market place, to let the Lord speak through them by their daily words, attitudes and actions.
But each person and each community has to learn in practice what it means to live by faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, David, Jehoshaphat -- and Habakkuk: the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Where is God in times of disaster? How can God allow suffering? What are God's people to do about moral decay in society? While people throughout the ages have long pondered these questions, three of the minor prophets--Joel, Micah and Habakkuk--provide insights to these perennial problems.The people of Joel's day were devastated by a locust plague, which Joel said warned of the coming Day of the Lord. Micah rebuked a culture of corruption and moral evil. Habakkuk cried out to the Lord on account of a society bent on violence. All three point to a transcendent God who gives hope in times of uncertainty.David Prior's passage-by-passage exposition of these three books provides careful study and measured insight and application for today's church.