J.A. Matteson
There comes a time when perpetual disobedience and willful resistance to correction triggers divine wrath. "Behold, the days are coming," declares The Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land, not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, but rather for hearing the words of the LORD" (Amos 8:11). It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Discipline begins with the house of God. The scarcity of solid exegetical preaching from American pulpits bears testimony that judgement is not future, it has already arrived. Rather than hungering for a clear word from the LORD many ache to have their ears tickled. So the LORD grants what is requested and a famine of biblical exegetical preaching that nourishes the soul and directs the heart is the result. While there are pockets of solid preaching and teaching in the land, they are few. Oh LORD, look upon Your people with lovingkindness, and direct our hearts in the way pleasing in your sight, that the land may again be enriched by Your gracious word.
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