But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ―Amos 7:15 Before becoming a prophet, Amos was actually a shepherd. He lived in the 700s BC, ...

It was a sermon remnant, an odd outlier that required attention. I was reflecting on the book of Amos, one of the fiercest prophets of justice in the Hebrew scriptures. Most of the message worked with ...

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus covered in sores, who would gladly have eaten his ...

During the eighth century B. C. there were four great prophets ministering unto the people of God. Two of these, Micah and Isaiah, conducted their ministry in the south, preaching to Judah, and two, ...

A Situation That Can Be Changed Only by Prayer & Fasting – Fr. James Lloyd, C.S.P., at The Catholic World Report +1 A Warning From The Prophet Amos Explains a Lot of Our Current Decline – Msgr.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Scott Vowell recently suggested in a ruling that part of Alabama's new immigration law may be unconstitutional based on a section of the state constitution that ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Amos is one of the oldest recorded prophets in the Old Testament and, in the end, one of the most depressing. He does his thing just when Israel is ...

This week the professor continues his series on the prophets of ancient Israel. Last week we considered the foundational prophet Amos. This week, his near contemporary in the eighth century B.C., the ...