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The 12 books entitled the Minor Prophets are the last 12 books of the Hebrew Bible, tend to not have a lot of chapters, and can sometimes be missed when we read the Bible. But while they are called Minor Prophets, they contain major calls for people to faithfully live God’s Kingdom and critiques when God’s people are unfaithful to Him, and His Kingdom.

In week 4- the final week of our Prophets in a Minor Key sermon series- we looked at the last of the 12 Minor Prophets and the last book in the Old Testament- the book of the prophet Malachi.

The 12 books entitled the Minor Prophets are the last 12 books of the Hebrew Bible, tend to not have a lot of chapters, and can sometimes be missed when we read the Bible. But while they are called Minor Prophets, they contain major calls for people to faithfully live God’s Kingdom and critiques when God’s people are unfaithful to Him, and His Kingdom.

Week 1 we looked at the minor prophet of Hosea.

Here is the audio from our Easter worship gathering where we look at our last Table- the table of the resurrection. Where two disciples encounter Jesus on the road to Emmaus but don't recognize him until he breaks bread with them. The text is Luke 24:13-35.

It seems like the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus revolve around Jesus either going to, being at, or coming from a gathering around a table. What might the tables that Jesus inhabited teach us about the kind of people he wants us to be, the kind of the people he wants us to have a heart for, and what it might look like to invite people to our tables or be invited to theirs?

In week 5 of our Tables sermon series we looked at the Parable of the Great Banquet found in Luke 14:15-24.

It seems like the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus revolve around Jesus either going to, being at, or coming from a gathering around a table. What might the tables that Jesus inhabited teach us about the kind of people he wants us to be, the kind of the people he wants us to have a heart for, and what it might look like to invite people to our tables or be invited to theirs?

For week 4 we looked at the Parable of the Wedding Feast found in Luke 14:1, 7-14.

It seems like the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus revolve around Jesus either going to, being at, or coming from a gathering around a table. What might the tables that Jesus inhabited teach us about the kind of people he wants us to be, the kind of the people he wants us to have a heart for, and what it might look like to invite people to our tables or be invited to theirs?

In week 3 of our Tables worship gathering we looked at the Feeding of the Five Thousand found in Luke 9:10-17.

According to Bart Ehrman, “The Bible is filled with discrepancies, many of them irreconcilable contradictions.” Maybe you have run into a few of these discrepancies as you read the Bible yourself. In this series we will take a look at a few of these contradictions and see if they are able to be resolved and what these contradictions might have to teach us about God, the Bible, and our faith.

Starting on Sunday February 2 and running through March 2 the Veritas Community will seek to tackle 5 different seeming contradictions or discrepancies in the Bible. If you have ever wondered about seeming contradictions or discrepancies in the Bible and wanted a place to discuss them, we invite you to join us.

We wrapped up our Contradictions? series ) by looking at Matthew 10:34-36 and Isaiah 9:6. Matthew 10 says that Jesus “did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” while Isaiah 9:6 says that the Messiah will be the Prince of Peace. So does he bring a sword (a weapon of violence) or does he work for peace? We explored this seeming contradiction.

According to Bart Ehrman, “The Bible is filled with discrepancies, many of them irreconcilable contradictions.” Maybe you have run into a few of these discrepancies as you read the Bible yourself. In this series we will take a look at a few of these contradictions and see if they are able to be resolved and what these contradictions might have to teach us about God, the Bible, and our faith.

Starting on Sunday February 2 and running through March 2 the Veritas Community will seek to tackle 5 different seeming contradictions or discrepancies in the Bible. If you have ever wondered about seeming contradictions or discrepancies in the Bible and wanted a place to discuss them, we invite you to join us.

In week 4 of our series Contradictions we looked at 1 Samuel 21:1-6 and Mark 2:23-28. 1 Samuel 21 has the priest as Ahimelek while Jesus in Mark 2, while referring to the 1 Samuel 21 passage says the priest was Abiathar. So how do we reconcile this contradiction?

Take a listen and see how it might be reconciled if at all.

According to Bart Ehrman, “The Bible is filled with discrepancies, many of them irreconcilable contradictions.” Maybe you have run into a few of these discrepancies as you read the Bible yourself. In this series we will take a look at a few of these contradictions and see if they are able to be resolved and what these contradictions might have to teach us about God, the Bible, and our faith.

In week 3 of Contradictions? we looked at 2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1. 2 Samuel 24:1 says, "Again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” while 1 Chronicles 21:1 says, Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel." So did God or Satan incite David to take a census?

Take a listen and see if this contradiction or discrepancy can be resolved.

According to Bart Ehrman, “The Bible is filled with discrepancies, many of them irreconcilable contradictions.” Maybe you have run into a few of these discrepancies as you read the Bible yourself. In this series we will take a look at a few of these contradictions and see if they are able to be resolved and what these contradictions might have to teach us about God, the Bible, and our faith.

In our second week of Contradictions we looked at 2 Kings 8:26 and 2 Chronicles 22:2. 2 Kings 8:26 says "26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.:" while 2 Chronicles 22:2 says, "Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri." So was he 22 or 42 when he began to reign?

Spend some time looking with us at this contradiction and see if there are ways to resolve the contradiction.