Written on December 15, 2010
I encourage you to check out the song, Instead Of A Show, by Jon Foreman. It hits pretty close to home. The lyrics come from Isaiah 1:11-18 and Amos 5:21-24, which makes it especially relevant to us right now since we are on a journey through the Minor Prophets, also known as the Book of the Twelve. In this series we have discovered that the LORD had three main accusations for the Israelites, all of which are still relevant in our society today: idolatry, social injustice, and religious ritualism. In regards to idolatry, we need to check ourselves and see what we are worshiping: sports, leisure, food, mostly ourselves. If we find that we are placing anything above God then we have a problem. In this light, ...
Sunday afternoon, June 24. Following our regular worship service we're ...