What does it mean to compartmentalize our faith? It means we begin to live our lives according to two different sets of rules. It means we try to have our cake and eat it too. We try to have things both ways. How? By compartmentalizing our faith. On Sundays we live according one set of rules—God’s rules. But, come Monday we follow a very different set of rules—the world’s.
The Danger of Compartmentalized Spirituality
A Grievous & Threatening Cry
February 4, 2024 • Jon Anderson • Amos 5:21–24
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How Will you Respond to the Sovereign Lord?
May 5, 2024 • Jon Anderson • Amos 9
“The decline of the knowledge of the holy has brought on our troubles. A rediscovery of the majesty of God will go a long way toward curing them. It is impossible to keep our moral practices sound and our inward attitudes right while our idea of God is erroneous or inadequate. If we would bring back spiritual power to our lives, we must begin to think of God more nearly as He is.” —A.W. Tozer (The Knowledge of the Holy) This is what the Prophet Amos attempted to do for the Jews of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. He wanted the Israelites to respond rightly to their Sovereign Lord. The Sovereign Lord wants you to respond rightly to who He is. What do we need to understand about our Sovereign Lord in order to respond rightly to Him?
