The final restorationAmos 9:11-15“I will restore….”The discipline of God is terrifying.  Understanding the totality of God’s character requires that we recognize his justice. God is holy and hates evi...  Read More

The Famine of the WordAmos 8:7-14“Behold, days are coming, declares the Lord God, When I will send a famine on the land, not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, but rather for hearing the words ...  Read More

RBNO or RARTAmos 5:18-24“Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.  But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing str...  Read More

Seek God before JudgmentAmos 5:1-7, 14-15“Seek the Lord that you may live.”The Book of Amos begins with a series of pronouncements of impending judgment.  In chapter 1, God warns the neighboring natio...  Read More

The Day of the Lord Pt 2:  The Time of DecisionJoel 3:9-21“Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.”The Day of the Lord culminates i...  Read More

The Coming day of the Lord Pt. 1:  When God is revealed.Joel 2:30-3:21“Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”When we think of the character and self-revelation of God, we think of Romans 1 a...  Read More

The Coming Day of the LordJoel 2“For the day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near.”In Joel 2, we are introduced to a theme found throughout the prophetic writings of the Old Testament: the coming ...  Read More

When God EmpowersJoel 2:28-29.“It will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind, and your sons and daughters will prophesy, and your old men will dream dreams, your young me...  Read More

The Devastating Judgment of God.Joel 1:  “Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly; gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lor...  Read More

God’s longing for his people.Hosea 11“My heart is turned over within me, all my compassions are kindled.”Having someone reject and devalue the love we show them is one of the most painful experiences ...  Read More

The Greatest Threat to HumanityHosea 4:1-19“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest.  Since you have forgotten t...  Read More

The Restoration of GodHosea 6“So let us know, let us press on to know the Lord, His going forth is as certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth...  Read More