Not much is known about Isaiah before king Uzziah died. About the only thing anyone can say with certainty is that his father was more famous than he was. His father’s name was Amoz and Isaiah was known as the “Son of Amoz.” It’s debatable, but tradition says Isaiah’s father was king Uzziah’s uncle. If […]

My early life was hard. By the time I was eight years old, I was working beside adults in the field on the farm my sharecropper dad was taking care of. If we were picking strawberries in the spring or hoeing cotton in the summer or picking cotton in the fall, I was expected to […]