Simple Instructions, Patrick Johnson

MICAH 6:1-8 This summer, we’ve been looking at the prophets, and today we return to the prophet Micah. Micah is known as a minor prophet because the book is small compared to the large books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel – but Micah’s message is anything but...

The Promise of Peace, Patrick Johnson

MICAH 4:1-5 In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised up above the hills. Peoples shall stream to it, and many nations shall come and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,...

When Bad News Happens, Patrick Johnson

AMOS 8:1-12 The prophets bear a lot of bad news. The caricature a prophet is a gadfly at best, a curmudgeon on a good day, and at worst fiery preacher of gloom and doom. Chapter eight begins with the image of summer fruit. What can be more life-giving than this: a...

Plumblines, Rev. Shannon Jordan

Amos 7:1-10 The book of Amos is one of the minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. They are called the minor prophets because the books by these prophets are very short, unlike Isaiah or Jeremiah. There are 12 minor prophets, written between the 8th and 4th...

When Pride Gets In The Way, Patrick Johnson

2 Kings 5:1-14 Our worship series this summer is A Summer with the Prophets and, so far, we’ve met Elijah and Elisha. Prophetic texts don’t often show up in the worship and preaching of the church, and many of us may not know much about the prophets. But they matter...

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