{"id":1527,"date":"2022-09-08T16:42:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/?page_id=1527"},"modified":"2023-09-12T15:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:08:42","slug":"prophets-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/prophets-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minor Prophets: &#8220;God&#8217;s Troublemakers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>For each lesson, below are the assignments to do ahead of time. The links will provide you materials to watch and read in preparation for the next class.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>1. Introduction to &#8220;God&#8217;s Troublemakers<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Watch:  <a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/explore\/video\/the-prophets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Read The Prophets<\/a> (Bible Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Watch:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bibleproject.com\/explore\/video\/kings\/\">1-2 Kings<\/a>&nbsp;(Bible Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/LWO_Prophets_Peterson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Peterson, &#8220;Introduction to the Prophets&#8221;<\/a> (p.101-106, from &#8220;The Invitation&#8221;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Obadiah&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obadiah<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Reflect:&nbsp; Why call this series on the Prophets &#8220;God&#8217;s Troublemakers&#8221;? Who would view them as Troublemakers? Was their message only one of &#8220;Trouble&#8221; or was there more to it? What was the <em>real<\/em> cause of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">trouble<\/span> and what was the <em>real<\/em> solution for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">peace<\/span>? Can you think of ways Jesus might have be viewed as a &#8220;Troublemaker&#8221; even though His message was really about bringing peace? What are some examples of this in Jesus&#8217; life? Can you think of any similar ways that disciples of Jesus might be viewed as &#8220;Troublemakers&#8221; today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Class Handout: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/Bible_Class\/MinorProphets_1Introduction.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Introduction<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For each lesson, below are the assignments to do ahead of time. The links will provide you materials to watch and read in preparation for the next class. 1. Introduction &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1527","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248,"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527\/revisions\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}