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Micah 5.1-4 – Thomas Paine on Prophecy
Today’s Old Testament lectionary reading is from Micah 5.1-4a. This text reminded me of a discussion I had in one of my classes when I was teaching prophets to seminarians. We dealt a bit with the New Testament treatment of the Old Testament and the problems of thinking of prophecy as prediction. One of the…
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Haggai Introductions
Today’s Old Testament reading is from Haggai. And, when I am reading and studying a passage one of my favorite things to do is go over to Google Books and see what Commentaries I can read for free in limited previews. Sometimes I can view really good commentaries for passages that I am studying, though…
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Lectionary Insertions of "Thus Says the Lord"
I know that I have noticed this before today, but the lectionary inserts “Thus says the Lord” in places where it is not really there. For instance, the Old Testament lectionary reading for yesterday begins: Thus says the LORD: Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God,… (Is.…