How to Be Grumpy in Your Obedience

Malachi 1:1-13 is about the Pharisees and their attitude towards God. They snort at his commands, but they're not there because he's finicky; they're there because we're foolish. We need to counter that tendency toward blindness with regular time in God's word,. transparent friendships of Christians who can see our lives beyond what we say about them... And all this what we see here in Malachi chapter 1 is a very different ethic than where we normally live.