Some time ago, the Lord began to speak to me about leading Bethany Church into a season of studying the Minor Prophets – not in an in-depth manner but an introductory level that will orient us to these powerful books and hopefully awaken a hunger to dig into them for ourselves. We will start that journey together this Sunday – as we begin to “Major on the Minors.”

There are twelve minor prophets – not “minor” because they are less important than what we know as the “major” prophets but “minor” because they are shorter than the others. The fact is that these books – difficult to pronounce, difficult to find – are extremely important for us to become familiar with. As a people living at the end of the age, it is critical for us to wrestle with the truths contained in them and the implications for our lives and the days ahead. Specifically, these prophetic books contain important truths to bring clarity to the events surrounding the Day of the Lord and the Second-Coming of Christ.

Between now and Easter, we will be giving ourselves to the study of these books. Each Sunday, I’ll hope to introduce you to the writer, the context of their writing, the recipients of their prophetic messages, the general outline to the book, and the major themes that are highlighted. I also hope to focus in one of these particular themes each week – a theme that I believe might have special relevance and importance to us at Bethany. Here’s our order… and yes, for you observant ones, I’m skipping Obadiah.  I don’t have anything against the guy. But I want to fit it in before Easter and can’t do them all. Obadiah drew the short-straw because it’s only twenty-one verses – you can study it yourself!

January 10th – Joel

January 17th – Jonah

January 24th – Micah

January 31st – Amos

February 7th – Hosea

February 14th – Nahum (Nothing says Valentine’s Day like Nahum.)

February 21st – Habakkuk

February 28th – Zephaniah

March 7th – Haggai

March 14th – Guest Speaker Mark Nysewander

March 21st – Zechariah (Full of so much good stuff! You’ll be blown away.)

March 28th – Malachi

I’m totally pumped – it’s going to be a great journey! Looking forward to kicking it off with you all at Bethany this Sunday!