Daniel Haas

Month: October 2011

  • Is it Christmas yet?

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    Micah sure thinks so: The LORD says, “Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are one of the smallest towns in Judah, but out of you I will bring a ruler for Israel, whose family line goes back to ancient times.”

  • Swords to Plowshares

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    Many references are being made to this prophetic vision, e.g. Isaiah or Micah: “He will settle disputes among the nations, among the great powers near and far. They will hammer their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nations will never again go to war, never prepare for battle again.” The United Nations…

  • Touch the Screen

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    Today’s Reading is from Micah 3: “The city’s rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money—and they all claim that the LORD is with them.” Sounds awfully familiar:

  • Eminent domain

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    The public’s power to seize private property has always been abused and will always be abused. Yet it makes sense to be able to use eminent domain for the common good within clearly defined, strict limits: “When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one’s family or property…

  • The one and only site for God’s Temple

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    There is only one place God has ever commanded a temple be built. Remember where that was? Hint: It was not Gerizim. Micah knows God is serious about this: “The LORD is coming from his holy place; he will come down and walk on the tops of the mountains. Then the mountains will melt under…