PART ONE Judgment on the Nations— and on Israel (chapter 1 verse 1 through chapter 2 verse 16) The approaching judgment Amos 1 verses 1 and 2 The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son […]
A drawing of a man standing with a staff near a flock of sheep is included at this point in the test with the caption: Amon tends his flock. INTRODUCTION TO AMOS The life of Amos Many of the prophets chosen by the Lord to be his spokesmen did not put their messages into writing. […]
The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Amos by Paul E. Eickmann. Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1989. EDITOR’S PREFACE The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular New International Version. The […]
Download audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Second John by Mark A. Jeske. Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 2002. EDITOR’S PREFACE The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular New […]
Download audio PART FIVE Conclusion: A Review of Some of the Great Themes John’s great goal throughout this letter has been “that you may have fellowship with us and with God.” Seven important themes run through the letter like golden threads, holding everything together and explaining how Christians live their fellowship: obeying, knowing, remaining, testing, […]
Download audio PART FOUR Cycle 3: Christians Love Commentary John’s spirals of thought have rotated around the ideas of holy living (“Christians walk in the light”) and confident living (“Christians know”), and now rotate around the key idea of living love—God’s love for us, our love for God, and our love for one another. The […]
Download audio PART THREE Cycle 2: Christians Know Cult leaders such as Cerinthus and Joseph Smith draw people away from their original Christian fellowship by making them doubt—doubt God’s love, doubt their salvation, doubt the Bible, doubt the apostles, and doubt their former teachers. John wants to help his readers move away from doubt to […]
Download audio PART TWO Cycle 1: Christians Walk in the Light First John chapter 1 verse 5 through chapter 2 verse 2: This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet […]
Download audio PART ONE Introduction First John Chapter 1 verses 1 through 4: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and […]
Download audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – First John by Mark A. Jeske. Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 2002. EDITOR’S PREFACE The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular New […]