If you’ve been listening to my Good Life podcast episodes, I hope you’re beginning to see what the good life really is. And I’ll bet your good life looks pretty similar to mine!
Perhaps you haven’t been to a Lionel Richie concert (if that’s your thing) or ventured out on an epic road trip in a camper or traveled to Oxford—all of which are good life moments to me. But I bet there are things in your life that remind you of God’s goodness and the way He’s working through you.
On the surface, the book of Amos doesn’t sound like a happy formula for the good life. However, every condemnation he gives serves as an invitation, a call for us to “seek God and live” (Amos 5:4). Amos’ prophesy prompts us to care for others—displaying true righteousness, not just religious ritual—and the result will change you and those around you. You’ll discover Amos is promoting the God life, and the God life is the good life!
Join me for this 8-session video-based study of the book of Amos, and together we’ll unearth the gems hidden within one of the most overlooked books in the Bible. You’ll be assured of God’s presence, grow deeper in faith, and find renewed hope that life is good … even when it’s not.
Today the microphone has been flipped around in the podcast closet. Instead of me asking the questions and interviewing a special guest, I’m going to be the one who’s interviewed. Doesn’t that sound fun?
My good friend and co-host in the Bible Study Bistro Facebook Group, Paula Voris, joins me on the podcast and asks all kinds of questions about what we can learn from the Old Testament book of Amos. That’s because I have just spent the past year studying Amos while writing my new Bible study, Amos: An Invitation to the Good Life.
Is it just me, or are you sometimes not quite sure how to pray? Well, I found something in the ancient Old Testament book of Amos that gives a great framework for how to pray, and you are going to love it.
Today you’ll learn three ways to pray that will boost your confidence, draw you closer to God, and guarantee that God hears you. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness when it comes to praying as we ought. And, since Jesus is interceding for us at the right hand of the Father (Romans 8:34), we, like Amos, can intercede for others.
This is another Good Life episode where I share with you moments in time that make me smile—moments from my good life!
That’s because I’m celebrating the release of my new Bible study, Amos: An Invitation to the Good Life (Lifeway, August 15, 2022), and I wanted you to see that life is … good!
So today, I’m taking you with me to my happy place, Oxford, England!
Today we’re going to talk about cows. Yes, cows! And more specifically, today you’ll learn how Scripture uses cows to teach us about humility! Are you ready for this?
You’ll appreciate this conversation about humility because it’s a spiritual superpower that we just don’t talk about enough. And often it’s because we don’t understand it.
We may think if we’re humble, then we’ll be walked on or overlooked. But humility is not just an attribute or an attitude, it’s an action—a powerful and profound force that can change you and the world around you.
