The tares (symbolizing counterfeit churches and false brethren within God's church) on the surface looks just like the wheat, but the darnell has poisonous qualities producing dangerous impact on the nervous system, producing drunkenness …
Lately, my 12-year-old son Cody has been re-reading Basil Wolverton's The Bible Story, published several years ago by the Worldwide Church of God. The narrative of these books, written for children but enjoyable for almost everyone, is …
Throughout our lives, we have all confronted challenges and difficulties—from learning to walk as toddlers and learning to read as children to becoming adults and facing all the responsibilities that come with it. We must learn …

(11) Therefore, because you tread down the poor
And take grain taxes from him,
Though you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.
Amos says that another change will be in a person's relationships with people. In the church, we call this "fellowship." The untransformed attitude toward people to use people to promote personal interests. People are objects to be …
The Bible mentions individuals tearing or rending their clothes as a sign of mourning, repentance, distress, and rage. Depending on the translation, the Bible contains 48 to 50 occurrences of rending garments, including the actions of both individuals and groups. It is a profound metaphor, yet this world treats it mostly without the seriousness it deserves. Amos 4:1-11 describes such superficiality perfectly in a section following the “Cows of Bashan” passage of his book, but honest men know that it applies to us equally. Superficiality deals with a person’s lack of seriousness, empathy, …
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