It would serve us well to consider and to heed the words of the ancient Biblical prophets. The present-day church would be revolutionized, resulting in the restoration of contemporary culture. Ezekiel tells God’s people that…
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The present Western-cultural framework for dealing with moral, political, economic, and ethical issues is severely lacking in coherence and clarity. We are adrift in madness and meaninglessness. We choose whatever we desire to condone and…
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“What are people saying about who I am?” “A rabbi, a good teacher, a prophet, a humanitarian.” “But what about you? Who do you say that I am?” “You are the Christ, the Messiah; you…
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“What’s going on here? I can’t believe this! Why doesn’t this bush burn up?” “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am.” “Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, the place where you are standing is…
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Prophets insist that God is the sovereign center of our lives, “that nothing is hidden from the scrutiny of God, nothing is exempt from the rule of God, and nothing escapes the purposes of God.” …
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Reversed Thunder [Continued] Beginning January 8th through May 21st, we will continue to explore the concept of discipleship throughout the New Testament. We will emphasize the Epistles and the book of Revelation. What: Reversed Thunder…
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The prophets, rejected by their contemporaries, had immediate and intimate audience with God. They knew the deep things, the “secrets” of God. But the truth, which illuminated them, blinded those who insisted upon a god…
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“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us so that through endurance and encouragement we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4) The sixteen writing prophets, which are the most severely neglected…
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Once again we will let the words of Eugene Peterson provoke our thoughts on the prophets. He states, “Their words and visions penetrate the illusions with which we cocoon ourselves from reality. We humans have…
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Eugene Peterson succinctly states, “The hard-rock reality is that prophets do not fit into our way of life. For a people who are accustomed to ‘fitting God’ into their lives, or, we like to say,…
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