God is calling the people to seek Him and do right. The Bible equates seeking God with living and hiding your sins with dying. The people thought that they could do what they like and then bring sacrifices, but God calls them out for this.

I do not think there has ever been a time when calling someone a cow was a compliment. It is not one here either.

This week we look at Amos Chapter 3. Israel is being punished because they should know better. God chose them, He loved them tenderly, He cared for them, and they responded with violence and selfishness.

Here God is judging Judah and Israel. They both have guilt, but their guilt is different from the nations around them because they have the Law of God. They have the statutes of the Lord. This should be exciting!

No one can escape the judgment or justice of God. All are under His authority and no one gets to claim ignorance. 

We are going to kick off 2023 with a bang. We will go through a nine-week series looking at the prophet Amos. It's going to be a blast. 

We don't always know where we are going, sometimes we get a little turned around. God will guide our steps. We fear failure, making a wrong choice, or messing up but God is able to keep us. Even if we miss it and make a mistake God is able to keep us from being overwhelmed.

Lately the idea that we do not wrestle or fight against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces has been ever present in my mind. I feel like I talk about it a good deal too. This week we will look at the Armor of God even though it does not have pants. 

This week we are looking at The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. What an amazing book. My raw and unprepared wrap up of my reading. 

This week we are talking about, talking about Jesus also known as evangelism. What is it, what is our motivation, and how can we do it?