"Amos: When Religion Goes Bad" - Amos 1:1-3; 2:6-16; 5:18-24; 7:10-12; 9:11-15

Sermon series: "Major Help from the Minor Prophets" Pastor Scott shares a message from the Book of Amos. Amos, like other prophets, had a very challenging word for Israel. He was sent to tell them essentially that God despised their religion, that it was corrupt, that it had gone bad, and that they must repent. Amos is valuable for the church because through his preaching we learn what it was about their religion that God hated so much. We learn what makes religion go bad, so that we can avoid it in our own life and church. What are the marks of bad religion?