Despite all the requests not to do the jumping calf design for Malachi, I did it. Sorry everyone.

Zechariah received a bunch of visions from God including a guy on a red horse, a flying scroll and the angel of the Lord standing next to Satan! #win

I forget almost everything, although I never forget that I want potato chips. According to Haggai, this makes me similar to the ancient Israelites (yet again!).

I gotta be honest, I’m getting kinda tired of these minor prophets. They’re sorta like the previews you see before movies. One or two are OK, but twelve? My soda was gone by Obadiah, my popcorn was gone by Micah and I already took a bathroom break during Habakkuk. I just want to get to the main feature, you know?

I gotta be honest, I’m getting kinda tired of these minor prophets. They’re sorta like the previews you see before movies. One or two are OK, but twelve? My soda was gone by Obadiah, my popcorn was gone by Micah and I already took a bathroom break during Habakkuk. I just want to get to the main feature, you know?

I gotta be honest, I’m getting kinda tired of these minor prophets. They’re sorta like the previews you see before movies. One or two are OK, but twelve?

Habakkuk was a man with questions. Specifically, questions for God. Back in the Old Testament days, people didn’t openly question God all that much. You never know when you may ask the wrong question and you’ll be turned to salt or the earth will open up and swallow you, y’know? But God actually responds (sort of) to Habakkuk’s questions and engages him in a dialogue.

Have you ever been so mad at someone that you actually spend your free time thinking of creative ways to weave words together and get the most violent verbal impact? Meet Nahum, the king of the verbal assault. Even though his book is just 3 chapters long, Nahum has some of the most brutal put downs I’ve ever read. I’m not talking about “your mama’s so fat” jokes either. Nahum is a straight up hater. I would never want to get on this dude’s bad side.

During Micah’s time, the Israelites are enjoying an economic boom. Trade and commerce are flourishing and people are getting rich. Sounds like a good thing, right? Except that the rich are getting rich at the expense of the poor getting poorer. Wealthy folks are taking land from small farmers and peasants and building gated communities with swimming pools and putting greens in every backyard (OK, I’m not positive on that last part).

More leftovers this week! If I use exclamation points, I think that might actually make you excited for leftovers! I really hope it’s working! Genesis has so many great stories, I could probably do 66 weeks just on that book. The original Genesis design dealt with Adam and Eve’s first fashion show and the second design was on Joseph’s sweet Zoot suit (there’s a lot of clothing passages in Genesis, huh?). This time around we’re looking at the world’s first garden.