Malachi's name means messenger, and a prophesied of other messengers who would come.

Of course, John the Baptist stands out as one primary fulfiller of this prophecy,

but all of us in some small way can be messengers who prepare the way of the Lord.

In this episode, our final this season, and our final weekly episode of our

podcast, we reflect on five years of podcasting and the messages we have learned, loved, and hope to

share with you. Welcome to the Scripture Study Project.

We are your hosts, Krista and Zach Horton, and this is our podcast where we study Scripture with you.

Our goal each week is to help you discover new or renewed excitement for God and His Word,

invest your heart and personal life into your study, and connect with others as you teach and learn together.

Friends, welcome to this week's episode. We are delighted to be here. Not only excited, we're delighted.

It is our last episode of the year of the Old Testament.

Can you believe that we made it?

We're studying in Malachi today, and we're just grateful we made it this far.

How are you feeling, I wonder, out there?

I think we need a collective church-wide pat on the back for making it through the entire Old Testament.

I don't know if we've ever,

in fact, I'm confident we as a church have never had this prolonged and in-depth, unified focus on the Old Testament ever. We've studied it in Sunday school or seminary, but to do it

like this has probably never been done by maybe any Christian church, meaning a church-wide,

week-by-week focus. That's an impressive achievement. And especially in all age groups,

because we're from primary clear up to Sunday school for adults. And I know, Zach, you mentioned

this a few weeks ago,

but a conversation that you had with someone of another faith

...