The Preacher's Commentary #22 : Hosea / Joel / Amos / Obadiah / Jonah

by Ogilvie, Lloyd J.

• ISBN13: 9780785247968
• ISBN10: 0785247963
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-30
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

General editor Lloyd J. Ogilvie brings together a team of skilled and exceptional communicators to blend sound scholarship with life-related illustrations.The design for the Preacher's Commentary gives the reader an overall outline of each book of the Bible. Following the introduction, which reveals the author's approach and salient background on the book, each chapter of the commentary provides the Scripture to be exposited. The New King James Bible has been chosen for the Preacher's Commentary because it combines with integrity the beauty of language, underlying Hebrew and Greek textual basis, and thought-flow of the 1611 King James Version, while replacing obsolete verb forms and other archaisms with their everyday contemporary counterparts for greater readability. Reverence for God is preserved in the capitalization of all pronouns referring to the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. Readers who are more comfortable with another translation can readily find the parallel passage by means of the chapter and verse reference at the end of each passage being exposited. The paragraphs of exposition combine fresh insights to the Scripture, application, rich illustrative material, and innovative ways of utilizing the vibrant truth for his or her own life and for the challenge of communicating it with vigor and vitality.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Preface	5	(2)
Author's Preface	7	(6)
HOSEA
Introduction to Hosea	13	(8)
An Outline of Hosea	21	(198)
1. Confrontive Grace (1:1-11)	23	(18)
2. The Sin of Syncretism (2:2-13)	41	(10)
3. Singing in the Valley (2:14-23)	51	(15)
4. Unbroken Love from a Broken Heart (3:1-5)	66	(8)
5. The Knowledge of God (4:1-6)	74	(14)
6. Like People Like Priest (4:7-11)	88	(4)
7. When the Stubborn Stray (4:12-19)	92	(7)
8. Redemptive Hand of Judgment (5:1-15)	99	(10)
9. Repentance That's Real (6:1-7:3)	109	(9)
10. Epigrams of Exacerbation (7:4-16)	118	(9)
11. The Misplaced God (8:1-14)	127	(17)
12. Threefold Judgment (9, 10)	144	(23)
13. The Loneliness of God (11:1-11)	167	(17)
14. The Jabbok Encounter (11:12--12:14)	184	(15)
15. The Rejected Helper (13:1-16)	199	(12)
16. How to Return to the Lord (14:1-9)	211	(8)
JOEL
Introduction to Joel	219	(2)
An Outline of Joel	221	(54)
1. The Vital Connection (1:1-20)	223	(12)
2. Sound the Alarm (2:1-11)	235	(5)
3. Return to Yahweh (2:12-17)	240	(9)
4. Promises of Prosperity and Freedom (2:18-27)	249	(6)
5. New Life in the Spirit and Deliverance (2:28-32)	255	(9)
6. A Decision About Our Decisions (3:1-21)	264	(11)
AMOS
Introduction to Amos	275	(6)
An Outline of Amos	281	(100)
1. The Voice and the Mouthpiece (1:1-2)	283	(4)
2. For Three Transgressions...and for Four (1:3-2:16)	287	(18)
3. The Challenge and Cost of Being Chosen (3:1-4:3)	305	(13)
4. Godless Worship and Worshipless Living (4:4-13)	318	(8)
5. Requiem and the Remnant (5:1-17)	326	(5)
6. No Place to Hide (5:18-27)	331	(7)
7. A Judgment to Fit the Crime (6:1-14)	338	(7)
8. Visions That Demand a Response (7:1-17)	345	(10)
9. When Hypocrisy Becomes a Habit (8:1-14)	355	(12)
10. Behold Your God (9:1-15)	367
OBADIAH
Introduction to Obadiah	381	(4)
An Outline of Obadiah	385	(28)
1. A Vision of the Enemy (1-16)	387	(13)
2. Deliverance from the Enemy-Then and Now (17-18)	400	(9)
3. The Kingdom Is the Lord's (19-21)	409	(4)
JONAH
Introduction to Jonah	413	(4)
An Outline of Jonah	417	(34)
1. Running Away from God (1:1-16)	419	(9)
2. Running Back to God (1:17-2:10)	428	(8)
3. Running with God (3:1-10)	436	(7)
4. Running Ahead of God (4:1-11)	443	(8)
Bibliography	451