Theology Blog

A while back, I decided to do a preaching series on the Minor Prophets. My goal of course is to go through the whole Bible over several years. I thought these books would be a good place to start with an overview of the ones I have selected as well as looking at some specific verses. Its been an interesting journey already. I have learned the prophets really don’t stop being prophets and their voice and message, if truly prophetic never stops being prophetic. I have found myself twice now writing and preparing to preach a difficult sermon. They are oddly relevant in a way that I had not expected. In fact, so far, preaching them and doing them in the context in which I serve has been a fulfillment of the purpose of these books that I mostly chose at random. This leads me to another thought about the role of the Holy Spirit in our theology. I do not assume I am any more special, theological or spiritual than most people. I have found recently that I have seen the work of the Holy Spirit more. Its not that the Holy Spirit is doing more, but I am more open to the Holy Spirit and most importantly I am looking for the Holy Spirit in the simple and the profound. It all comes back to the message of the prophets. The prophets have much to say to us individually, as leaders and yet also speak deeply to our theology. So often we look at the message for what we want, need, think we need to share or think that we see in others. The truth is we must look for what God has and trust that as a result this message will have tremendous benefit to ourselves and to others. There is plenty of room for prophets in our thinking and our theology today and they and their message are much needed.