The Temple Destroyed, Then Raised Up

August 26, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsActs 15, Amos 9, David's fallen tent, destruction of the temple, rebuilding of the Temple

Christ, the Church, and every Christian is God’s temple Amos 9:1-15; Acts 15:12-17 August 19, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Concerning the end times, someone wrote, “the Antichrist will allow the religious Jews to rebuild the Temple and to initiate daily sacrifices… Now the rebuilding of the Temple constitutes an enormous political and religious problem, for the place the Bible decrees for the location of the Temple is currently occupied by the Dome of the Rock.” This was written by John Hagee, a well-known…

Amos Sermons

“Justice into Poison, Righteousness into Bitterness”

August 7, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsAmos 6, Ephesians 6, judgment on Israel, prosperity gospel, televangelists

Amos 6:1-14; Ephesians 3:14-19 July 15, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Once in a while, when listening to Pandora music, the 1960s song by the Rolling Stones, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction!” plays. This song was banned at first, then later, some of the words were censored because of sexual overtones. But it also expresses the writer’s frustration with our culture’s commercialism and materialism, telling everyone not to be satisfied with less, but always look for more, for the “new and improved.” And we see…

Amos Sermons

Not a Famine of Bread or Water, But of the Words of the LORD

August 3, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSpringsAmos 8, Bread of Life, famine of the Word, John 6, living water, Sabbath

Amos 8:1-14; John 6:53-58; 66-69 July 29, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Before last year’s Super Bowl Sunday, a survey showed that 59 percent of churches who have Sunday evening services or other activities planned to continue as a normal Sunday. But 36 percent also said that they would adjust their schedules, including watching the game. My first experience of this American phenomenon was in the January 1977 Super Bowl between the Oakland Raiders and the Minnesota Vikings. The pastor of the Methodist Church…

2 Peter Amos Sermons

So Far Out of Plumb for God to Relent

July 27, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSprings2 Peter, Amaziah, Amos 7, Amos visions, Jeroboam, leaning tower of Pisa, plumb line, Prophet Priest King, tin

Amos 7:1-17; 2 Peter 3:8-10 July 22, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Do you know why the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy is four degrees out of plumb? This world-famous tower was built as a bell tower of the main cathedral of the city. Construction began in 1173, but due to wars, debt and the leaning problems it was completed almost 200 years later in 1350. The tower has eight stories and is 186 feet high. However, by the time the third story…

Chosen But Sinful

June 30, 2018September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Timothy 6, Amos 4, Assyria, cause and effect, Israel, Judah, Samaria

Amos 3:1-4:3; 1 Timothy 6:17-18 June 24, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: In the legal sense, “insanity” is defined as, “mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior.” So one of the most tragic technicalities in the justice system is when a defendant is pronounced, “not guilty by reason of insanity” and walks because a psychologist says so. But there is a more…