The Prophets Who They Were; What They Are by Norman Podhoretz Free Press, 400 pp., $30 ONE FALL DAY, while I was in San Francisco, a friend took me to his favorite spot of pilgrimage--the memorial to ...

But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ―Amos 7:15 Before becoming a prophet, Amos was actually a shepherd. He lived in the 700s BC, ...

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus covered in sores, who would gladly have eaten his ...

This week's show featured the first of three lectures by teacher, author, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel, as part of his annual lecture series at Boston University titled "The Fascination ...

Imagine the House Un-American Committee targeting the biblical prophet Amos for proclaiming that “if you have more than you need, you’re a thief.” Former Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy would have ...

Building on last week’s readings about prophets in a way unusual and interesting, we now get additional insight from Amos and Mark. The Amos narrative looms oddly in a book where otherwise the prophet ...

The importance God attaches to the office of prophet and the prophetic ministry is revealed in His Word in Amos 3:7, to wit, "Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His ...