Episodes
Wednesday Aug 19, 2009
BAM - Nahum
Wednesday Aug 19, 2009
Wednesday Aug 19, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Nahum
Summarised in 1 Minute
Key Verses
Nahum. 1:7-8 - Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him. But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness. Nahum 3:5-6 - "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle."Summary
Nahum preached in Judah in 660BC against Ninevah. Ninevah have forgotten about God and how they came to repentance under Jonah. Nahum announces God's judgement upon Ninevah, as they have abandoned God and returned to violence, idolatry and arrogance. Ninevah will be destroyed and never rebuilt!
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Tuesday Aug 18, 2009
BAM - Micah
Tuesday Aug 18, 2009
Tuesday Aug 18, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Micah
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Key Verses
Micah 6:8 - He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 7:18-19 - Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.Summary
Micah preached to Jerusalem 735 - 710 BC, and delivered a message of judgement on the princes and people of Jerusalem, because of active disobedience, lack of mercy and their unjust treatment of the poor.
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Monday Aug 17, 2009
BAM - Jonah
Monday Aug 17, 2009
Monday Aug 17, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Jonah
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Key Verses
Jonah 2:8-9 - "Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."
Jonah 4:2 - He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
Summary
Jonah preached to the city of Ninevah 760 BC. Jonah who reluctantly preaches repentance to Ninevah because he knows that God's mercy will follow. The book tells of God's gracious compassion for sinful men.
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Sunday Aug 16, 2009
BAM - Obadiah
Sunday Aug 16, 2009
Sunday Aug 16, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Obadiah
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Key Verses
Obadiah 1:8-10 - "Won't I in that day," says Yahweh, "destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau? Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever. Obadiah 1:21 - Saviours will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh's.Summary
Obadiah preached 840 BC. to Edom and Israel. Speaking against Edom, Obadiah preaches that there are no pleas to return, no words of consolation or hope and no deliverance from God's destruction. Obadiah, meanwhile speaks to Israel about God restoring them to Himself.
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BAM - Amos
Saturday Aug 15, 2009
Saturday Aug 15, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Amos
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Key Verses
Amos 3:1-2 - Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins." Amos 8:11 - Behold, the days come," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh. They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, and will not find it.Summary
Amos preached 760 - 753 BC, first to the surrounding nations, and then to Israel in the North It was a time of national optimism in Israel, business and national boundaries were expanding. Internally however, greed and injustice were rife and people were growing hard towards God's discipline. Amos, visualizes the coming judgement of God and tries to mobilize the nation towards repentance.
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BAM - Joel
Friday Aug 14, 2009
Friday Aug 14, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Joel
Summarised in 1 Minute
Key Verses
Joel 2:11 - Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it? Joel 2:28-29 - "It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit."Summary
Joel preached to Judah 835 BC. during the reign of Joash. He proclaims the message of God, that God will destroy all his enemies, but will save those who love Him.
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BAM - Hosea
Thursday Aug 13, 2009
Thursday Aug 13, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Hosea
Summarised in 1 Minute
Key Verses
Hosea 1v2 - When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh." Hosea 14:9 - Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.Summary
Hosea preaches to Israel 755 - 710 BC. Israel is externally a nation that is prosperous and growing, but internally is morally corrupt and committing spiritual adultery by serving other gods. Hosea marrying an adulterous wife who is a prostitute illustrates this.
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BAM - Daniel
Wednesday Aug 12, 2009
Wednesday Aug 12, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Daniel
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Key Verses
Daniel 2:20-22 - Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding; he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. Daniel 2:44 - In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.Summary
Daniel preached in Babylon 605 - 536 BC. Bridging the entire 70-year exile in Babylonian captivity, speaking for God to the gentile and Jewish world to declare God's present and eternal purpose. He uses dreams and visions to show God's guidance, intervention, and power in the affairs of men.
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BAM - Ezekiel
Tuesday Aug 11, 2009
Tuesday Aug 11, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Ezekiel
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Key Verses
Ezekiel 36:24 - 26 - For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.Summary
Ezekiel preached to Judah in Babylon 593 - 570 BC. Ezekiel uses prophecy, parables, signs and symbols to show God's message to His exiled people. He prophesies that God will reassemble them and make them live again. The judgement of the day will lead to a future glory, when Israel will know that God is God.
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BAM - Lamentations
Monday Aug 10, 2009
Monday Aug 10, 2009
Old Testament
Book of Lamentations
Summarised in 1 Minute
Key Verses
Lamentations 2:5 - The Lord has become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds; He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. Lamentations 3:22-23 - It is because of Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.Summary
Lamentations tells the sad story of the funeral of the city of Jerusalem, and how the people have turned away from their God, and now Jerusalem lies barren. Yet in the midst of turmoil, Jeremiah writes that God's faithfulness is great. God has never failed him, will provide for him in the future, and Jeremiah finds comfort and hope in the God that he knows, serves and loves.