Want to learn more about Amos? Use these Bible Studies for personal devotion, group Bible studies, or teaching a church class. Below are links to the lessons in this 13-part series.
Introduction: This week we begin a new study which turns our attention to the Old Testament book of Amos. Amos is known as one of the "minor" prophets of the Old Testament. His book is only nine chapters long. If this makes you think Amos is unimportant, cons...
Introduction: Assume you got into a dispute with one of your co-workers. How do you feel when the boss takes your side and yells at that person - someone who deserves it? What if the boss does a really good job of yelling? Do you sit there with a smirk on your face thinking,...
Introduction: When I was a kid I would point out to my Dad that other kids got to do things I didn't get to do. (Like wear tight jeans - I had to wear the baggy ones. Guess times have changed!) My Dad would answer me by saying, "They aren't Don Cameron's sons."...
Introduction: How many of you have seen or heard of the stereotype of a fat, unshaven American male sitting in front of the television watching football and calling out to his wife, "Bring me another beer from the refrigerator!" Ladies, somehow you have let thi...
Introduction: Recently, I've seen a number of programs about the "plastic surgery" performed on a number of people. I've seen people who had the fat sucked out of their middle, fat cut out of their eyelids, fat pumped into other places and the skin tightened on t...
Introduction: A recent study of the youth of the Church showed that a disappointingly low percentage had confidence in their salvation. Our lesson from Amos this week will not help bolster those numbers. Hebrews 4:16 instructs us to "approach the throne of grace...
Introduction: What do you want for your future? The future of your children? You want respect, health, enough money to live "comfortably" (financial security), your own home and secure and loving family relationships. Anyone have something to add to this list? T...
Introduction: Years ago I had a member of my Bible class ask me, "What is the good of prayer? If God is going to do what is best for us anyway (whether we want it or not), why pray? My answer then had to do with prayer changing us and releasing God's power. Howeve...
Introduction: Last week we studied Amos' vision of the judgment of his people by locusts and then by fire. I promised you that we would look at the fire vision in more detail this week. We discovered last week that if you had too many locusts, you might think that...
Introduction: When I was a kid I remember going to a little tourist place where the rules of gravity did not seem to apply. Balls rolled uphill. Floors looked level but did not feel level. The walls seemed straight, but were not. After studying the matter, I determined it w...
Introduction: Sometimes my dreams go bad. I'll be dreaming of being in some pleasant place when all of a sudden things turn dark and someone starts chasing me - or something like that. Has that happened to you? Things in your dreams or in your life do not turn out...
Introduction: This week we turn our study to the final vision given to Amos. This vision is not like the rest. God is not seeking Amos' input, God is not negotiating, God is executing judgment. On one hand you may shiver and say, "I don't want to read about that!"...
Introduction: This week we come to the end of our study of the book of Amos. How would you guess a book like Amos should end? After all of the warnings, after all of the predictions of gloom and doom, how would you write the last chapter? Let's jump in and see h...
