Christian love is truthful and hopeful. With adult relatives in public sin, families refuse to approve what God forbids while keeping a door open for repentance and reconciliation. This essay applies 1 Corinthians 5 to the home with clear, compassionate guidance.
Jonah’s narrative shows God’s sovereign mercy from sea to city. Set under the Law yet reaching toward Grace and the Kingdom, it calls the Church to preach repentance and to share the Lord’s compassion for the nations.
Joel turns a locust-plagued crisis into a summons to repent and a promise of restoration. He announces the Spirit for all who call on the Lord and paints a horizon where the Lord judges the nations and dwells in Zion forever.
2 Samuel centers on the Lord’s promise to David—a house, a throne, a kingdom that endures—while telling hard truths about sin, discipline, and mercy. It honors the Law’s order, advances the promise, and lifts hope toward the visible reign of the righteous Son of David.
Malachi 4 pairs furnace and sunrise, calling Israel to remember Moses and to expect Elijah. Across the “silent years,” God prepared the world for the Gospels. The chapter invites holy fear, family reconciliation, and joyful hope under the sun of righteousness as we treasure God’s word and await the Lord’s day.
Malachi 2 rebukes partiality and treachery, restoring God’s design for faithful leaders, faithful marriages, and truthful worship.
God pledges to make Jerusalem immovable and to pour out a spirit of grace and supplication. Zechariah 12 climaxes as eyes turn to the pierced One and mourning prepares the way for cleansing and joy.
Haggai 1 confronts delay with a call to “give careful thought,” linking scarcity to neglected worship and directing the remnant to rebuild for God’s honor. The Lord answers quick obedience with the promise of His presence and a Spirit-given stirring that turns plans into work.
Zephaniah 2 summons Judah to gathered humility before judgment and then surveys God’s verdict on surrounding nations. The chapter pairs shelter for the lowly with a promise that the Lord will restore and receive worship even as proud empires fall.
Zephaniah 1 thunders that the day of the Lord is near. The prophet exposes rooftop idols, market deceit, and settled complacency while calling Judah to reverent silence and undivided worship before the God who searches with lamps.
Micah 7 laments a barren society, then waits in hope for the Lord who hears. The chapter ends in doxology: God pleads the case of the repentant, restores his flock, and buries sins in the sea.
Micah 6 summons creation to hear God’s case, recalls his rescue, and exposes dishonest worship that cheats neighbors. The Lord answers with a simple good—do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with him—so that disciplined people can return to a life that honors his name.
Micah 3 confronts rulers who devour the flock and prophets who sell comfort, then announces a verdict that reaches the city’s stones. The chapter models Spirit-given courage and prepares the ground for the peace promised just beyond the plowed field.
Micah 2 traces how private coveting becomes public seizure and how the Lord answers with measured judgment and true comfort. The chapter ends with a shepherding promise: a gathered remnant, an opened way, and the Lord himself at the head.
Micah 1 opens with a courtroom summons and a storm-theophany that exposes idolatry at the very centers of Israel and Judah. The Lord’s descent brings severe mercy that calls his people from pretense to honest repentance and prepares the way for future restoration.