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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....

7 ‘STOP BEING COMPLACENT’ False security in military success and material possessions (AMOS 6:1–14) Introduction Complacency and apathy are a deadly combination for both communities and individuals, even when grosser sins are absent. The point is made powerfully in Revelation 3:14–22 in the judgement on the church at Laodicea. It is seen no less powerfully here in Amos chapter 6. The unifying theme in this chapter is Israel’s false security in military success and material possessions. There is, therefore,
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