Alternate First Reading

Justice and judgment — are they an inseparable pair? Amos in context Scholars generally agree [...]

Long before the American sitcom “The Office” launched Steve Carell’s career and the U.K.’s version [...]

At first glance, the parent-child metaphor for God’s relationship with Israel in the book of [...]

The week’s reading from Amos contains two different units: a prose vision report in Amos [...]

“Amos was Israel’s first theologian,” says scholar John Barton. “As far as we know, no [...]

The Old Testament readings for this week and next week [...]

As the reader of the book of Hosea moves from interpreting to preaching, unresolved and [...]

I was at a piano recital of my nephew and [...]

Preaching and teaching from the prophets is already difficult. The task becomes all the more [...]