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Mandate of Mishpat - When God Turns the Mirror Around

An Introduction to Amos A sermon series on the Prophet Amos — Week 1

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Let me be honest with you: the minor prophets get a bad rap.

It’s right there in the name — minor — as if Amos and Hosea and Micah were somehow second-tier voices. But the only reason they’re called minor is because they were concise. They didn’t ramble on like Isaiah or Jeremiah. My seminary professors taught me that to be concise is to be skilled. So maybe we have it backwards. Maybe the minor prophets are the real majors.

And if that’s true, Amos deserves to be at the top of the list.

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Good morning! Victory is ours today #YoungPups…

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The #OldGal made a valiant effort but fell short…

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Once again the #OldGal goes toe to toe with me and refuses to lose!

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I thought had her beat. She thought image had me beat. In the end, nothing but a tie from the #OldGal.

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“A good reputation is acquired by many actions; and can be lost by one. Be upon your guard, therefore, against those weaknesses which may risk it. Nothing can be more unjust than to judge a person by one single action; but the world is seldom just.” - Philip Dormer Stanhope

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“In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.”

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I begin preaching Amos Sunday! The trepidation is real. This is not going to be a lighthearted or easy series to preach. 😮‍💨

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The #OldGal came down off her high from the last couple days and merely tied me.

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Dragons, Monsters, and the Powers Behind the Curtain

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A Study in Revelation 13

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We’re deep in dragon-and-monster territory now. If you’ve been following along in Revelation, you know we’re not exactly in cheerful, Hallmark-card Christianity. And that’s precisely the point.

Before we dive into the text itself, a quick note on Bible navigation: all those chapter and verse numbers? They weren’t in the original. They were added later to help people find their place — and the running joke among Bible scholars is that the divisions were made by a monk on horseback, because the breaks don’t always make sense. Case in point: N.T. Wright ends chapter 12 where the NIV begins chapter 13. If you want to experience Scripture fresh, try copying a passage into a plain document, stripping out the chapter and verse numbers, and reading it without those interpretive interruptions.

Now, on to the monsters.

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The more I reflect on the events of yesterday, the more disheartened I have become that so many followers of Jesus apparently believe the ends justify the means. The way of the cross is the demonstration of the opposite.

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The #OldGal brought the heat today, unlike the weather.

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When any world leader proclaims the death of a civilization, it is reprehensible. To so callously treat image bearers of God in such a way is despicable, if not evil. To glory in death and destruction is abhorrent.