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Episode 61: Falling, rising...and more
Back in chapter 4, we heard Micah's prediction of a blessed future for Jerusalem. Something similar is said in chapter 7. Destruction will not be the end of the story...
Episode 62: Shepherd your people
We've seen Micah use the metaphor of shepherd and sheep to describe God's relationship as king to his people. This is renewed in chapter 7, in a beautiful and hopeful ...
Episode 63: The fear of God
Much of what Micah says presupposes that in their greed and wickedness, the people of Judah and Jerusalem have ceased to fear God as they should. By contrast, in chapt...
Episode 64: Who is a God like you?
The book of Micah ends with a beautiful and worshipful prayer from the prophet, one in which the people hopefully joined. The prayer seems to echo words spoken by God ...
Episode 65: Putting the kibosh on guilt
No one knows for certain the origin of the phrase "to put the kibosh on" something. But my own theory is that it comes to us from Yiddish, and is related to a Hebrew w...
Episode 66: Traveling through time
Our memories of the past shape how we see the present and the future. Because of this, we are all in a sense "time-travelers." This kind of imagination is crucial to h...
Episode 67: Covenant, old and new
In this final episode, I want to add one important qualification to what's been said in this podcast about God's covenant faithfulness. The teaching of the New Testame...