Download audio The locust army Joel 2 verses 3 through 11 Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste— nothing escapes them. They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry. With a noise like that of […]
Download audio The day of the Lord Joel 1 verses 15 through 20 Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God? The seeds […]
Download audio PART ONE A Call to Mourning and Repentance (chapter 1 verse 1 through 2 verse 17) A summons to witness the locust plague Joel 1 verses 1 through 4 The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel. Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has […]
Download audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Joel by Paul E. Eickmann. Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1989. EDITOR’S PREFACE The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular New International […]
Download Audio PART NINE Patience and Prayer Chapter 5 verses 7 through 12 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s […]
Download Audio PART SEVEN Submission and Humility Chapter 4 verses 1 through 6 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not […]
Download Audio PART FIVE Dead Faith and Real Faith Chapter 2 verses 14 through 17 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, […]
Download Audio PART THREE Hearers and Doers Chapter 1 verses 19 through 27 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and […]
Download Audio PART ONE Greeting Chapter 1 verse 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. Commentary Letter writers in the ancient world preferred to sign their letters at the beginning. This is not so strange—today we usually look to the end […]
Download audio PART THREE Examples of God’s Judgment on Unbelief Jude verses 5 through 7 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but […]