What God hates
So what does God hate? ‘I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it.’ Amos 5:8 God hates pride and all that it...
Author: Helen Redfern
This is not the time to be complacent
Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! Go to Kalneh...
‘That don’t impress me much’
Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light. It will be as though a...
Grieving for what the world has become
In Amos 5, the prophet Amos looks around him and grieves for what this nation has become. This was God’s chosen people, delivered out of slavery in Egypt and led to the Promised Land....
Prepare to meet your God
Amos is speaking out with God’s message at a time when society in Israel was very prosperous and very religious. A time when no one was interested in what he had to say. Things...
Do bears shit in the woods?
Listen. Hear this word, for it is God’s word for you. His people. This is what Amos was saying to the people of God in His time, but it is what God has been...
How we treat other people matters
Looking at the first two chapters of the book of Amos, there’s an repeated motif that gives these chapters a poetic quality. A formulaic structure that’s repeated seven times to create a dramatic effect....
Using the ordinary
The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa – the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was...
Seeing holy as a good thing
HOLY 1. dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred. “the Holy Bible” synonyms: sacred, consecrated, hallowed, sanctified, venerated, revered, reverenced, divine, religious, blessed, blest, dedicated 2. (of a person) devoted to...
Which path will you choose?
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The...
