Getting my family to church on Sunday morning some-times feels like we are recreating the first 10 minutes of “Home […]
When you read through the book of Deuteronomy, there are many phrases that are repeated throughout the course of the […]
“Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to […]
Are you saved? How do you know you are saved? “I know I am saved because I feel it in […]
It is biblical to speak of “obeying the gospel,” although I’m sad to say that the way I’ve most often […]
Text: Amos 9:7-15 Humans are very creative when a situation must be confronted by an explanation of “why this could […]
Text: Amos 9:1-6 Even when the worst of circumstances come, we figure at least a few will escape. Perhaps some […]
Text: Amos 8:4-14 To go from bad to worse is demoralizing. To expect things to get better only to see […]
Text: Amos 7:1-8:3 We all have had the experience of knowing we made a serious mistake when it is too […]
Text: Amos 6:1-14 It is simple to be sold on our own goodness. All we have to do is to […]
Text: Amos 5:1-17 In all generations, people fail to grasp the destructive power of evil. It robs a person and […]
Amos 4:1-13 No one can imagine going back. Each generation imagines only going forward. The older adults commonly shake their […]
Amos 3:9-15 There are a few people where it takes a lot to make them angry. These are the people […]
Amos 2:9-16 Few happenings distress us as much as: doing something thoughtful & significant for one in dire need, the […]
Amos 1:1-2:8 How frequently have we become the victim of our own attitudes? How often are we guilty of using […]
Text: Jeremiah 18:5-10 Among the most difficult biblical topics is the one of God’s interaction with people. Among the reasons […]
Text: read the Book of Amos (9 chapters) King David, the second King of Israel, ruled well. Though he made […]
I believe we often baptize people before they’ve been properly taught. But then again, it’s often hard to determine what […]
Jesus preached, in the Sermon on the Mount, “Judge not, that ye be not judged” (Matthew 7:1, KJV). But what […]
BY WAYNE JACKSON Jim Minter, a former editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, produced a brief essay (12/1999) that was published […]