Emphasis Preaching Journal

In the rear of Christ Church, Cincinnati, is a plumb line hanging down from the ceiling, and a plaque on the wall with these succeeding verses listed. This section of the prophet Amos' visions tells of the hostility between the organized religion of the day and God's appointed wandering prophets. As the Shepherd of Tekoa, who is harsh and sarcastic, found opposition to his mission at the National Cathedral, so the apostolic dozen sent by Jesus might find rejection by the royal chaplains and other sophisticated ecclesiastics.