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Short reflections based on the 12 Minor Prophets from the Old Testament, in 4 sections: READ - THINK - PRAY - LIVE

David Ward


    • May 24, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    THE STAGE IS SET - Malachi, the messenger, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 10:18


    Malachi bridges the gap between the Old and New Testaments, and gives us an insight into the future of Israel.

    THE LAST WORD? - Malachi, the messenger, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 8:39


    Malachi is the last of the Old Testament prophets, but he's not God's last word to the human race.

    WHAT ABOUT ISRAEL - Zechariah, prophesying the coming Messiah, part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 7:10


    What about Israel after the coming of Jesus? Has the nation of Israel been replaced by the church or do they still have a future in God's plans?

    BETRAYED - Zechariah, prophesying the coming Messiah, part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 7:18


    Zechariah prophecies that some people will not value a good, even great leader, even to the point of betrayal, desertion and death

    THE SHEPHERD AND THE STONE- Zechariah, prophesying the coming Messiah, part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 7:19


    When the Messiah comes he will bring safety and stability to God's people

    A HUMBLE KING - Zechariah, prophesying the Messiah, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 7:12


    People had certain expectations about what the Messiah would be like. How did they respond when the reality was quite different?

    A NEW BRANCH - Zechariah, prophesying the Messiah, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 8:28


    Zechariah prophecies something new and innovative that will build on something old and familiar.

    AN INTRODUCTION - Zechariah, prophesying the coming Messiah, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 7:28


    The book of Zechariah is at the same time both obviously similar and strikingly different to all the other minor prophets.

    FUTURE HOPE - Haggai, it's time to move on, part 4.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 6:52


    God promises he's going to do some shaking and some making.

    CONTAMINATED LIVES - Haggai, it's time to move on, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 8:04


    Bad lives don't produce good results - they spoil the things we're trying to do.

    THE GOOD OLD DAYS - Haggai, it's time to move on, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 8:14


    Instead of moving forwards the people are stuck in the past and making comparisons with the way things used to be.

    SIDE-TRACKED - Haggai, it's time to move on, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 7:33


    God's people have forgotten who comes first and been diverted onto wrong priorities.

    JUSTICE AND LOVE-Zephaniah, hope for the humble, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 7:23


    Zephaniah paints a picture of an alternative future, where hope for our world is found in God's justice and love.

    GENESIS IN REVERSE-Zephaniah, hope for the humble, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 9:38


    Zephaniah paints a bleak picture of the coming Day of the Lord and what it will mean for the whole world...with no exceptions.

    DON'T GIVE UP- Micah, words of judgement and hope, part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 6:24


    However far we feel we have fallen, however distant God may seem, we can be assured that God is for us, his character and his promises have not changed. There is hope for the future.

    WHAT GOD WANTS - Micah, words of judgement and hope, part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 5:58


    What sort of worship does God want? Is he at all bothered by the form of our worship, or is he looking for something else entirely

    MISSING THE POINT - Micah, words of judgement and hope, part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 6:48


    How is it that whilst Israel clearly understood that a special ruler, maybe even the Messiah, would come from Bethlehem, when he did, they completely missed it?

    NEW LEADER-NEW KINGDOM - Micah, words of judgement and hope, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 9:27


    God promises that one day there will be a new leader who will rescue his people and build a new kingdom across the whole world

    PROPHETS FOR PROFIT - Micah, words of judgement and hope, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 9:13


    Prophets can be powerful people, so it's disastrous when they deliberately use the gift for personal gain, instead of honouring God by courageously saying what he tells them to say.

    CONTAGIOUS - Micah, words of judgement and hope, part1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 8:51


    Corrupt leaders spread sin like a disease when they fail to live by example and model godly behaviour and attitudes.

    SECURITY BLANKET - Nahum, warning oppressors, comforting the oppressed, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 6:32


    Nineveh was counting on its defences, its economy and its government to keep it safe. God says, “Think again!”

    DID IT LAST? - Nahum, warning oppressors, comforting the oppressed, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 8:53


    WhenJonah took God's message to Nineveh the people repented and turned to God. But did their change of heart last?

    JUSTICE AND JUDGEMENT - Nahum, warning oppressors, comforting the oppressed, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 8:48


    Some people say, “How can a God of love judge and punish people? Is this not a contradiction?

    FIT FOR PURPOSE - Amos, prophet of justice and mercy, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 9:58


    What sort of person does God choose to work with? What are the credentials for being God's messenger?

    EMPTY RELIGION - Amos, prophet of justice and mercy, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 7:33


    To another group of people, at another time, the Apostle Paul said: “I cannot praise you! For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you meet together.” 1 Corinthians 11: 17

    UNPLEASANT TRUTHS - Amos, prophet of justice and mercy, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 7:52


    We don't like hearing unpleasant truths about ourselves, especially if, in our view, the messenger is not qualified to deliver the message.

    THE GRAVEYARD OF HISTORY - Obadiah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 8:53


    What role does God play in the life of the nations, especially in the way they treat people in the world that God loves?

    DECISION DAY - Joel, announcing the Day of the Lord, part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 8:06


    One of the constant themes in the Old and New Testaments is the invitation from God to make a simple choice.

    A NEW HEART - Joel, announcing the Day of the Lord, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 7:35


    A future Day of the Lord that is not local and limited, but universal and complete.

    REAL REPENTANCE - Joel, announcing the Day of the Lord, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 9:33


    There's a lot of difference between religious ritual and real repentance. External rituals only mean anything if they are linked to an inward change that has already happened.

    A PROPHET FOR TODAY - Joel, announcing the Day of the Lord, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 9:46


    There are so many parallels between Joel's day and our own. Are there any lessons to be learned by us?

    TWO PRAYERS - Habakkuk, moving from questioning to trusting, part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 8:01


    Habakkuk ends his journey from questioning to trusting by singing a psalm about God rescuing and delivering his people.

    GOD IS IN CONTROL - Habakkuk, moving from questioning to trusting, part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 11:04


    No matter how things may seem, God knows everything from start to finish. He had a plan. He is in control

    LIVING WITH MYSTERY - Habakkuk...moving from questioning to trusting, part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 9:10


    Close friendship with God involves living with God's mystery, so we'd better learn how to do that.

    YOU MUST BE JOKING, LORD - Habakkuk, from questioning to trusting, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 7:21


    As we saw last week, God replies when we pray. Only, on this occasion, Habakkuk finds God's answer quite unpalatable

    YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO - Habakkuk, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 7:41


    God replies when we pray. But are we open to his answer being surprising, even shocking?

    LORD, I HAVE A QUESTION, Habakkuk, the prophet who moves from questioning to trusting, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 8:34


    If we want to enjoy a close relationship with God, sometimes we'll have to wrestle with God when we just don't understand what he's doing (or not doing, in this case).

    “HEALING”...the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 10.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 9:55


    Even though Israel have suffered the consequences of their unfaithfulness to God, and are now in Exile, God continues to offer them healing and restoration.

    “HISTORY”...the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 10:56


    Time is running out! In chapters 12 and 13, Hosea gives Israel a history lesson which underlines his despair that they will not come back to God in the present and so avoid a disastrous future

    “HOPE”...the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 8:27


    The prophet has been using the image of an adulterous wife to illustrate the relationship between God and Israel. Now the image changes...Israel is like a rebellious child. But there is hope for this rebel...

    “RESPONSIBILITY”...the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 8:45


    The people of Israel are not acknowledging God, and whilst they bear some responsibility, God plants the main blame squarely at the door of the religious and political leaders.

    “KNOWLEDGE”...the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 6.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 9:24


    Knowing all about God is one thing. Acknowledging who God is, and living as if your life depended on it, is another thing entirely.

    “RECONCILED” - the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 7:57


    RECONCILED - REDEEMED - RESTRICTED-RESTORED...a prophetic picture of God's constant and unchanging love for the people of Israel...and for each one of us too.

    “ROMANCED”...the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2020 10:31


    “You knew the way to my heart, I had a good defence but you tore it all apart. You knew, you knew the way to my heart” Julie Miller, singer/songwriter

    “ABANDONED” - the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 9:54


    Sometimes God allows us to do the things we choose and to suffer the consequences - he will not force us to love him and do things his way...

    “RESTORED” - the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 10:15


    The people of Israel have grown accustomed to hearing words of judgement and rebuke from the prophets. So what Hosea says next comes as a bit of a shock...

    “CALLED” - the tough and tender prophecy of Hosea, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 8:34


    One of the exciting things about being a follower of Jesus is that we are called to work alongside God as he carries out his plans for the world. But, maybe sometimes the things God asks us to do are difficult and costly.

    “RESEMBLE”...the fishy tale of Jonah, part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 7:20


    Sometimes our theology is so brittle that when God works in ways we don't expect or understand it begins to crack and shatter.

    “REVIVAL”...the fishy tale of Jonah, part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 8:06


    Sometimes it seems that our “enemies”, the people we struggle with, are more open to God's Grace than we are.

    “REMEMBER”... the fishy tale of Jonah, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 8:21


    A look at chapter 2 of the book of Jonah, where we take a positive look at the dark times in our lives and the ways we try to avoid confronting the darkness.

    “RUN”...The fishy tale of Jonah, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 7:26


    A look at chapter one of the book of Jonah, where we think about our personal prejudices and the ways we avoid confronting them.

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