Home » Old Testament »
Haggai 1:15-2:9
Proper 27C
Things in the church are a little different these days. Some years ago at my alma mater it was decided that after nearly twenty-five or so years without having an on-campus chapel—a dedicated worship space—it was high time to build one. In the years since the college had moved from its original campus, most everything…
Haggai 1:5b-2:9
Proper 27C
For me, one of the greatest proofs of the Bible’s divine inspiration is its applicability to life in every era of history. The prophecy given in Haggai was written in the last period of Old Testament prophetic activity, after Israel’s return from Exile, in the year 520 BC. And yet its narrow focus on a…
Haggai 1:15b-2:9
Proper 27C
How can people build a home for God that fully reflects his glory? That’s the question with which Israel wrestles in the Old Testament text the Lectionary appoints for this Sunday. However, it’s also an issue with which modern Christians also struggle, though we know that God no longer lives in buildings, but in human…
Content related to Haggai