Questioning Faith: Conversations with God (Part 1)

GROW TOWARDS SPIRITUAL MATURITY AT FFC THE COMPASS

A weekly devotional newsletter to help you navigate the Bible.

Questioning Faith: Conversations with God Majoring on the Minors: Habakkuk, Hosea, & Malachi Habakkuk 1:1-2:1

R2R Distinctive: Prayer

June 21, 2015

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FAITHLIFE STUDY BIBLE First Family uses the Faithlife Study Bible and ESV text for our teaching series. Download the Faithlife Study Bible through your mobile device’s app store. To gain access to the online notes and resources, create an account with Faithlife and join the First Family Church group. The Faithlife Study Bible is available for all major platforms including Windows, iOS, Android, and Mac. Learn more at www.ffclife.com/bible.

A BETTER NOTE TAKING SYSTEM

Questions? Text them to 515-989-1FFC (1332) and we will try to address them near the close of this message.

KEY VIRTUE If you take notes during the sermon, we’ve developed a custom note taking guide that helps you better summarize the key points of the message, and is ready to insert for permanet reference in a three-ring binder. Free copies are available at the literature display.

This study guide is produced to coordinate with the weekend teaching of First Family Church, Ankeny, IA. More resources on this series are available at www.ffclife.com.

Summer 2015. FFCA

Patience (Proverbs 14:29): I take a long time to overheat and endure patiently under the unavoidable pressures of life.

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For the Diligent Disciple

“Because Roman civilization perished through barbarian invasions, we are perhaps too much inclined to think that that is the only way a civilization can die.

If the lights that guide us ever go out, they will fade little by little, as if of their own accord…. We therefore should not console ourselves by thinking that the barbarians are still a long way off. Some peoples may let the torch be snatched from their hands, but others stamp it out themselves.”

–Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America

SERIES RESOURCES We have developed a variety of resources to help you enhance the study of Habakkuk, Hosea, and Malachi. All of these resources are available online at www.ffclife.com/summer15.

Overview of the Minor Prophets • Audio Recording: Overview of Series (1 hour) • Transcript of Recording (pdf) • Study Notes (pdf)

The Basics • Read the Text • Listen to the Sermon and Take Notes (use Sermon Notes Template) • Study with The Compass Weekly Devotional • Memorize Each Week’s Memory Verse (pdf)

• Purchase a 1-1/2 Inch Three-Ring Notebook • Inductively Read and Mark the Text • Study the Text using the Wide Margin Scripture Marking Sheets for Inductive Study • Hosea (pdf) • Habakkuk (pdf) • Malachi (pdf) • Memorize Each Week’s Memory Verse (pdf) • Purchase a Commentary (recommended commentaries listed below) Recommended Commentaries • The Minor Prophets: An Expositional Commentary (J. M. Boice) • Holman Old Testament Commentary (Vol. 1) – Hosea-Micah (T. C. Butler) • Holman Old Testament Commentary (Vol 2) – Nahum-Malachi (S. R. Miller) • Notes on the Minor Prophets (H. R. Ironside) • The John Phillips Commentary Series – Exploring the Minor Prophets: An Expository Commentary (J. Phillips) Technical Commentaries The commentaries below provide a much more technical perspective on the biblical text, and are useful for solid exegesis and study in the original Hebrew.

• Word Biblical Commentary: Hosea-Jonah (Vol. 31) • Word Biblical Commentary: Micah–Malachi (Vol. 32)

In The Compass This Summer ...

This summer we are going to serialize the book When Nations Die: Ten Warning Signs of a Culture in Crisis

by James Nelson Black. This Week: “America on the Brink.”

To get your copy of The Compass, you can pick one up at the literature display or go online to www.thecompass.life