The warriors of Babylon Laid siege and it was not too long Before Jerusalem gave in Surrendered by Jehoiakim The temple riches made of...

Hosea’s task made him afraid To love a wife who had betrayed A faithful husband like the Lord Whose love is like a three-fold cord Now...

And then Uzziah king became Did what was right, God gave him fame But in his pride he wore the crown With leprosy God struck him down...

Elisha called on God most high The river stopped and he passed by Elisha was a man of power His word alone made monarchs cower Some...

Now Solomon was David’s son Of all the boys he was the one To wear the crown and rule the land To build the temple David planned One...

When word of Saul’s defeat was brought II Samuel 1 To David he was overwrought And taught his men this sad lament A threnody, a...

The Old Testament does not flinch from portraying human depravity in its most base forms and this account from Judges 19 of extreme...

It was a sultry afternoon From sleep the monarch called his groom The harem stirred, who would receive The summons to his lust relieve?...

Elimelech and Naomi Left Bethlehem to go and see If there was bread in Moab’s land From hunger they could hardly stand Elimelech, alas,...

And Joshua was called to face The task to bring the chosen race Into the Promised Land of grace Their holy calling to embrace Through...

Now after Joseph saved his clan According to God’s gracious plan Four hundred silent years went by And Israel grew in Egypt’s eye Then...

Now Joseph brought a bad report About his brothers whom he caught Behaving badly and it seems He made things worse with vivid dreams In...

Now on the way he dreamed and saw A ladder rose to heaven’s door The covenant the Lord renewed This refugee with attitude Would come...

So Isaac grew and Sarah died Then Abr’am had another bride God’s promises of land and seed Came true for him who had believed A plot of...

And once again the Lord God found One person whom he blessed and crowned With promises of land and seed But Abram had one crying need He...

Before the world and stars were made The Lord God sang a song and played The tune of life and with delight God sang the words ‘Let there...

The fierce prophet faces up to the evil king Ahab. Fearless then fearful, courageous then cowering. King Ahab could not find the man Who...

SAUL OF GIBEAH, DAVID OF BETHLEHEM Out of Ephraim’s hilltops rough I Samuel 1-8 Elkanah from the clan of Zuph Came down to...

AMOS IN EPIC FORM © Neil Rogers 2020 Amos heard the Lion’s roar His trembling soul could not ignore The heart-quake and the earthquake’s...