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Teaching Amos: Unlocking the Prophecy of Amos for the Bible Teacher is unavailable, but you can change that!

Having first outlined a number of possible approaches to constructing a series of sermons or talks on Amos, Fyall unlocks the text based on a suggested structure of nine sermons or talks. Individual chapters are specifically geared towards working from text to sermon, combining rigorous exposition with relevant application, always with an eye to the main teaching point of the passage....

obedience of the heart is lacking. Verse 26 speaks of the same ritualistic adherence to false religious observances. Comparing, for example, the ESV and NIV, we find that the precise meaning of the artefacts of the idolatrous worship is not totally clear. What is clear, however, is that worship of pagan gods, probably with astrological characteristics, is the issue. Alec Motyer comments helpfully: ‘The gods of Assyria occupied the hearts of Israel long before the armies of Assyria occupied its streets
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