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The Message of Joel, Micah and Habakkuk: Listening to the Voice of God is unavailable, but you can change that!

Where is God in times of disaster? How can God allow suffering? What are God’s people to do about moral decay in society? While people throughout the ages have long pondered these questions, three of the minor prophets—Joel, Micah and Habakkuk—provide insights to these perennial problems. The people of Joel’s day were devastated by a locust plague, which Joel said warned of the coming Day of the...

The second half of the eighth century witnessed the most affluent period in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah since the break-up of the single nation after the death of Solomon in approximately 922 BC—a split summarized by the Chronicler in these words: ‘So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day’ (2 Ch. 10:19). Both capitals—Samaria in the north, Jerusalem in the south—had begun to enjoy immense material prosperity. In the face of this wealth and the godlessness
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