“[Do we] trust in the misguided thought that, well, God is basically all good so we can do as we wish and then expect Him to bless us because He is good, and God is love…?”
Category Archives: Amos
Amos 6.1-7 – Obligation to glorify
“If we really want to play the comparison game here, we will always lose…none of my friends own an oil field or travel everywhere by helicopter…”
Amos 5.25-27 – You can have it all if you like
“To have all this, we don’t need to pay for it for the rest of our lives, because Jesus paid for it with His life.”
Amos 5.21-24 – The heart of the matter
“We look at the what, God looks at the why.
“Well, I go to church.” Why…
“I read the Bible.” Why…
“I did that good thing for that person.” Why…”
Amos 5.16-20 – Live the life we claim we do
“…Again, on the surface, these are Christian-sounding words and phrases, aren’t they? But, when spoken by someone whose life clearly does not match the words they are saying, they lose all credibility…”
James Travis 