May 14, 2008

What does the Lord require of you?

This poignant question and its answer, found in Micah 6:8, have stood the test of time for good reason. Micah, roughly a contemporary of the better-known Isaiah, was one of the last 8th-century (B.C.E.) prophets from southwest Judah. The great nation Assyria had captured Damascus and Samaria, and the beautiful capital city Jerusalem, established [...]