"I would offer that God was teaching Amos, Israel, and us by extension the power and importance of prayer."
Amos 6.8-14 – Can we escape?
"[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...?"
Come Thou Fount – Thursday Music
"Even though we are unfaithful, He is still faithful, and hymns like this put this awesome truth into words."
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."