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At the end of this week’s episode, with little time for anything other than a “hmm,” Frank Shaeffer shared a little gem about the connection between being social and being spiritual. He argued that the two are actually inseparable. Being a church person, he...
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The more we learn about Amos (let’s be real, it’s new to me), the more I’m reminded of a 2006 movie called Idiocracy. By most standards, it’s at best, a B movie and I’m pretty sure it went straight to video, seeing the insides of minimal big screens at best. How I...
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“Seek me and live; but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over into Beersheba…” Amos 5.5 If we knew that Bethel and Gilgal were important sanctuaries to seek God, the verse this week from Amos is a head-scratcher. God wants us...
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Amos 5:4-5 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me and live; but do not seek Bethel, And do not enter into Gilgal Or cross over into Beersheba; For Bilbal shall surely go into exile, And Bethel shall come to nothing. Just another list of odd names,...
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I. Back to the Future Thus far in our series, we have noticed a number of parallels between Amos’ day and our own. The similarities are rather remarkable, really, considering that we are separated from Amos by over 2,700 years, 6,500 miles, with a radically...