Called by My Name

From a reader in Edgerton, Minnesota comes the following question: “In Amos 9:11-12, what is meant by the phrase, ‘called by my name’?” At first glance this prophecy in Amos may seem to speak of no more than a literal restoration of Israel to their land after the captivity, and to the subsequent possession of the heathen. However, in Acts 15:13-17 we read, “And after they had held their peace, James answered saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon hath declared how God as the first...