By Austin B. Tucker
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (C)July 15, 2007The Boundary to God’s MercyAmos 7:7-17
A poet said, “There is a line by us unseen that crosses every path, the hidden boundary between God’s patience and His wrath.” Could there possibly be a limit to the patience of the eternal God? Could infinite mercy prove to be finite after all?
A series of five visions came to the prophet Amos. They speak of this tension between the mercy of God and his righteous judgment. There does...
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