How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Welcome to Through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

I'm your host Steve Schwetz, and the book of Amos is all about a man called by God to point out people's sin.

Tough job, right?

But wouldn't you want someone to show you what's keeping you from having a close relationship with God?

I know I would.

So as you get ready for our study, Greg and I have some letters to share from our home groups around the world.

And Steve, this is a topic that is very near and dear to our hearts.

We've had a lot of personal contact with this amazing ministry, whether it's in South Asia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and now in Africa, Ethiopia.

Yeah, whenever we end up talking about home groups, and especially when I see the countries

of Bangladesh and India on there, it's like, oh, man, I know some of these people and we've

met them face to face and Ethiopia as well.

So let's get to this first one.

This is from a group leader in Bangladesh.

He says, I really like to listen in my own

language. I am a Christian, but from a church that practices rituals. I never understood the Bible,

and no one really teaches it. I am learning so much. I really like to listen with my group,

at home, with my wife, every day. I encourage my grandchildren to listen and obey the

teaching that we learn and apply it in their daily lives. And Steve, we may never have made this

clear, but most of the tens of thousands of home group leaders we have are volunteers around the

world. We do have some people that are on staff that help coordinate these massive

networks. But most of the people, they're sacrificing personally their time, their energy.

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