In this sermon from Amos 6, Pastor Josh Turansky explores why God says, ‘I loathe Jacob’s pride,’ and how that word speaks directly into life in Baltimore today. Walking through the text, he shows how Israel’s pride took the form of complacent ease, insulated luxury, and practical atheism—using God’s gifts to hide from God’s heart. Then he contrasts biblical pride with a healthy, gospel-shaped self‑image as ‘blessable image-bearing covenant partners.’ Finally, he points us to the alternative God desires: humble, grieving dependence—people who are grieved over the ruin around them, who boast in the Lord rather than their own strength, and who follow the pattern of Christ’s self‑emptying humility.
