Sermon: Truth that Costs Something, Amos 7:7-17
A Sermon for the People of First Baptist Church of Austin July 13, 2025 Amos 7:7-17 Truth that Costs Something Our text this morning is a challenging one. It’s full of images of judgement and destruction, heated language, and dramatic encounters. It almost feels like it needs a trigger warning or “not safe for children” label. It’s uncomfortable. Even reading the text aloud from the pulpit made me squeamish. My guess is you felt the same way. It’s not often we read from Amos. It’s not exactly comforting reading. It would be easier to skip over it’s blunt language and difficult truths. No one wanted to hear what Amos had to say 2800 years ago, and I’m not sure we are ready to hear it again today. Amos requires a lot of work for us to understand what is going on. We know that in order to responsibly read scripture, we must know the context of the text first. We need to know some background so that we don’t pull verses out of context and use them however we feel fits our ...