The books of the Minor Prophets are similar in many ways to the books of the Major Prophets. The main difference is the length of writing, with Minor Prophet books being shorter. All the prophets address the “classical” period of prophecy—during the later years of the divided kingdoms of Judah and Israel, throughout the time of exile, and into the years of Israel’s return from exile.
OLD TESTAMENT – Pentateuch • Historical Books • Wisdom Books • Major Prophets • Minor Prophets
NEW TESTAMENT – Gospel & Acts • Easter • Pauline Epistles • General Epistles • Apocalypse
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For those of you going through Word withdrawal, here's something to tide you over until I start the New Testament in January. Some leftovers from Micah. Read the full Word...
Despite all the requests not to do the jumping calf design for Malachi, I did it. Sorry everyone. Read the full Word...
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 Read the full Word...
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!). Read the full Word...
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? Read the full Word...
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? Read the full Word...
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? Read the full Word...
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. Read the full Word...
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. Read the full Word...
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). Read the full Word...
The book of Jonah tells one of the most popular stories in the New Testament. If there was a battle of the Old Testament stories, it would probably come down to a shootout between Jonah and the Whale versus David and Goliath. I'm not sure who would win. David is really good with a slingshot, but no one can dodge and hide like Jonah. Goliath and the whale would probably just be drinking beers and watching NASCAR. Read the full Word...
I've been dreading Obadiah. I put it off for a couple weeks, first by posting the 2 Kings Leftover two weeks ago, then last week announcing that Word prints were available and posting free Job wallpapers. At 21 verses, Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. How do I find something to design in 21 verses? Plus, he's a minor prophet and we all know that major prophets have the superpowers and minor prophets sit at the kid's table. Read the full Word...
Another week, another minor prophet. This time it's Amos and he's dropping more of God's judgement on the Israelites. Amos' main issue with the Israelites is that they've gotten greedy. The rich have become richer and the poor have become poorer. Money, wealth and power have become their gods. Dumb Israelites. Can't you stay focused on God for more than a minute without being distracted? Read the full Word...
To be honest, I've been a little concerned about getting into the minor prophet territory. Hosea went OK, but the books are just so dang short. What if one of them is like 1 chapter long and only has 2 verses? How do I design that? If the Bible maker people just left the minor prophets out of there, it would really make this whole project easier for me. I mean, c'mon, if they are referred to as "minor" to begin with, what are they even doing in the Bible? Lucky for me, Joel has locusts. Read the full Word...
We've already talked about how the old school prophets like Elijah and Elisha were God-anointed, fire-throwing, commanding-bear-attacks men of God. Well, Hosea must've felt like he got caught in a bait and switch, 'cause not only did he not get any sweet kill-the-heathens superpowers, but at God's command, he marries a prostitute. They have kids, she leaves him, returning to her life of prostitution and he has to chase her all over the place to get her back. And he doesn't get to kill any heathens! Read the full Word...
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