First Episodes
Episode 1: Prophet motive
Even if you've never read the book of Micah, you may be familiar with some of the passages from it. When King Herod is visited by the magi, for example, the foreigners...
Episode 2: Good kings, bad kings
The very first verse of Micah tells us that his ministry spanned the reigns of three of the kings of Judah: Jothan, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. If we want to understand Micah'...
Episode 3: Holding out hope
Let's face it: there's so much doom and gloom in the prophets that it can make for a depressing read. But there is also hope amidst the heartache. This episode gives a...
Episode 4: Where have all the good kings gone?
Circling back to Micah's political context: the story of the kings of Israel in the years before their downfall is a sorry one. So too for the southern kingdom of Juda...
Episode 5: Court is now in session
After a brief introduction of the prophet Micah himself, the text goes right into prophecy, as Micah delivers an oracle from God. As we'll see in Micah 1:2-4, God is c...