The book of Amos in the Bible is a book of warning from God to Israel through the prophet Amos. In the time of Amos, Israel was not the entire Jewish nation, but was the northern kingdom, with Judah as the southern kingdom after the split following Solomon’s reign. Israel had largely turned away from…
In Mt. 4.21 (Mk. 1.19) we read, “And going on from there he saw another two brothers, Jacob the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets.” In Gal. 6.1 we read, “And brothers, if a man should be caught in some trespass, you, the spiritual…
Financial security is one of the major goals of modern Americans. People plan and work hard to have money in the bank, an insurance program, investments, or some means of guaranteeing adequate money for any eventuality. This course of action is only logical, for money is the medium of exchange, and in our highly interdependent…
Once there was a young girl skunk named Stella. Stella was a very sweet young skunk. She made friends easily and had lots of playmates among the bunnies, raccoons, possums, and other animals of the forest. She even had a few friends among the birds who would light on a low tree branch or bush…
The prophecy of Haggai, which means “festal” or “festival,” is very short, only 2 chapters, but it plays a very important role in the plans of God. In 539 B.C. Cyrus, Emperor of the Medo-Persian Empire, issued a decree permitting the Jews, who had been exiled to Babylonia when Nebuchadnezzar was Emperor, to return to…