Haggai

Preaching Pointers from Haggai

Unfortunately a great deal of preaching from the Old Testament is relegated solely to well known texts and longer books. The Minor Prophets in general receive little notice outside of the ever quotable lines in Amos, fundraising, and divorce prevention in Mala... Read More »

Haggai Sermon Starter

Dr. Kyle Walker, Dean of Students and Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, continues the Sermon Starter series with the book of Haggai. Read More »

Haggai 2:20-23

Locate the passage This is Haggai’s fourth message. It is also delivered on December 18, 520 BC, three months after the work on the temple had begun. Genre Prophetic oracle of salvation that is both messianic and apocalyptic Determine the structure of the pa... Read More »

Haggai 2:10-19

Locate the passage This is Haggai’s third message. It is delivered on December 18, 520 BC, three months after the work on the temple had begun. Genre Prophetic oracle of blessing introduced by narrative prose Determine the structure of the passage (v. 10) Na... Read More »

Haggai 2:1-9

Locate the passage This is Haggai’s second message. It is delivered on October 17, 520 BC, less than one month after the work of rebuilding the temple began. Genre Hortatory oracle of blessing introduced by narrative prose Determine the structure of the pass... Read More »

Haggai 1:1-15

Locate the passage Four messages of Haggai are recorded in this book. Haggai 1:1-15 is the situation, content, and result of Haggai’s first message. Genre Haggai is prophecy, but it is not written in the typical poetic form. Rather, Haggai is framed by narra... Read More »