Old Testament Posts
Redemption In Bethlehem: Hope That Ends Our Waiting
The morning opens over Bethlehem like a soft promise. We walk with Ruth toward the city gate, where elders decide futures and where fear presses against hope. She has done all she can: loyal to Naomi, diligent in the fields, brave on the threshing f…
Rising from Ruins: How God's Mercy Transforms Our Darkest Moments
The path into Micah 7 begins with dust on the feet and grief in the heart. The prophet scans the hills of Judah and finds a harvest with no fruit, a society hollowed by power, bribery, and betrayal. The picture is painfully familiar: institutions be…
Threshing Floor Whispers: Ruth Seeks Redemption From Boaz
The scene opens with simple worship and a quiet surrender: nothing above, nothing below, and a steady trust that God's love is enough. That posture frames the journey into Ruth chapter three, where harvest winds down and the hush of evening makes sp…
Grace Among The Barley: When Faithfulness Meets God's Favor
The day opens in Bethlehem with the soft light of harvest and the ache of uncertainty. Ruth rises before the sun, a foreign widow with a woven basket and steady resolve, and walks toward the fields where the poor glean behind the reapers. She does n…
Micah's Promise to Bethlehem: Ancient Hope Becomes Our Peace
Bethlehem sits small on the map, yet the story rising from its fields refuses to stay quiet. Micah draws us from sweeping visions of global peace down to a single village that smells of baking bread and sheep pens. The move from grand to humble is t…
Loyalty Beyond Borders: Ruth's Journey from Moab to Bethlehem
The Book of Ruth begins with a journey born of desperation – a Hebrew family leaving the Promised Land during a famine to seek sustenance in Moab, a foreign land with foreign gods. Ruth's journey from Moab back to Bethlehem becomes the heart o…
When Swords Become Plowshares: Micah's Promise of Peace for Every Nation
The arc of this conversation moves from surrender to Scripture to a lived vision of peace that reorders how we see power, justice, and daily faithfulness. We begin with the language of worship—letting go, laying down burdens, honoring God's ch…
When God Sings: The Promise of Divine Delight
The quiet opening invites us to slow down and breathe in Scripture as a living presence rather than a text to rush through. From the first words, the tone is contemplative, positioning the listener in a sacred pause where God's Word is received as g…
Holy Outrage: A Shepherd's View of Leadership Gone Wrong
The Book of Micah contains some of Scripture's most powerful denunciations of leadership gone wrong. Chapter three stands as a towering indictment against those who abuse their positions of authority, showing us that God's perspective on leadership …
Gathering Before the Storm: Finding Shelter in God's Word
The book of Zephaniah offers a profound glimpse into the dual nature of God's character – both His righteous judgment and His enduring mercy. In chapter two, we witness a powerful prophetic message that transcends ancient boundaries, speaking …
The Prophet's Night Watch: Justice, Judgment, and Hope
In the haunting words of the prophet Micah, we encounter a timeless warning against injustice that resonates powerfully across the centuries. Chapter 2 of Micah reveals the devastating consequences that await those who lie awake at night plotting ev…
The Great Day of the Lord: Zephaniah's Vision of Judgment
The Book of Zephaniah offers one of the most vivid prophetic visions of divine judgment in scripture, inviting us to experience ancient Jerusalem through the eyes of a royal prophet. In this powerful first chapter, we are transported to the reign of…
When Heaven Touches Earth: Micah's Vision of Justice
In the latest episode of In the Field Audio Bible, listeners are transported to the ancient hills of Moresheth Gath, where the shepherd prophet Micah received powerful visions from God about coming judgment. Micah's vision of justice unfolds as the …
When Heaven Falls Silent: The Edge of Prophecy
Malachi Chapter 4 stands at the edge of prophecy, the final prophetic voice before centuries of divine silence. This short but powerful conclusion to the Old Testament carries a message that resonates through time—a message of judgment, hope, …
Tree Doesn't Blossom: Habakkuk's Journey from Questions to Trust
The journey through Habakkuk's final prayer reveals one of the most profound transformations in scripture—from a questioning prophet to a man of unshakable faith. This remarkable shift offers us a blueprint for moving from questions to trust a…
Windows of Heaven: What Happens When We Take God At His Word
Malachi 3 speaks powerfully to our modern tendency toward half-hearted faith and spiritual complacency. This profound chapter begins with a divine promise that resonates across centuries: "See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me.…
The Great Day of the Lord: Zephaniah's Vision of Judgment
The Book of Zephaniah offers one of the most vivid prophetic visions of divine judgment in scripture, inviting us to experience ancient Jerusalem through the eyes of a royal prophet. In this powerful first chapter, we are transported to the reign of…
Habakkuk's Watchtower: Finding Hope When Justice Tarries
In our fast-paced world where immediate answers and instant gratification have become the norm, Habakkuk's ancient message speaks with surprising relevance. His journey through doubt, questioning, and ultimately steadfast faith offers profound wisdo…
Covenant Keepers: Restoring Honor to God's Name
In the heart of Malachi 2, we find ourselves walking alongside a weary prophet with a divine message that resonates through the centuries. This powerful text confronts us with a timeless challenge: the gap between our religious rituals and our every…
Wrestling with Silence: Habakkuk's Bold Questions to Heaven
The Book of Habakkuk opens with one of the most honest conversations between a prophet and God recorded in Scripture. Unlike many prophets who primarily delivered God's messages to the people, Habakkuk turned his face toward heaven with burning ques…
Hollow Worship: God Confronts His People Through Malachi
The Book of Malachi opens with one of the most poignant statements in Scripture: "I have loved you," says the Lord. Yet Israel's response reveals the spiritual apathy that had settled into the nation: "How have you loved us?" God confronts His peopl…
Justice Arrives: The Divine Reckoning of Assyria's Cruel Empire
The final chapter of Nahum delivers a powerful culmination to the prophet's oracle against Nineveh, the heart of Assyria's cruel empire. This prophetic message speaks not only to an ancient city but resonates with timeless truth about justice, power…
Holy Grounds: Where Justice Meets Mercy
The Book of Joel reaches its powerful conclusion in Chapter 3, painting a vivid picture of divine judgment and ultimate restoration. This final chapter brings together threads of warning and hope woven throughout Joel's prophecy, creating a tapestry…
The Shattered City: Nahum's Vision of Nineveh's Fall and God's Restoration
The thunderous words of Nahum 2 resound through time with surprising relevance for today's world. This prophetic declaration against Nineveh, the mighty capital of the Assyrian Empire, reveals profound truths about divine justice, human power, and t…