Knowing God Makes The Difference!

A casual reading through the prophets, like Hosea, could leave one with the impression that they are killjoys, being the epitome of pessimism gone rampant. "Poor players who strut and fret their hour upon the stage … idiots, full of sound and fury but signifying...

Who Will Carry The Prophetic Mantle?

Have you ever wondered what happened to Hosea's children? I'm sure that it was not easy growing up in an environment that was hostile to Hosea's message and especially carrying names that reflected that message. Jezreel - God sows; Lo-Ruhamah - No mercy; Lo-Ammi - Not...

Spiritual Drift: Who Pays The Price?

Hosea prophetically makes this declaration in 4:6: "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." He identifies what he means by this in vs.6. "They have rejected knowledge; They have forgotten the law of their God." The resulting behaviour from this is found in vs....

Does It Matter?

If you were asked, "What is the key verse in Hosea 4," how would you answer? What verse would you land on? For me, the answer would be in vs.6. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." What did that mean in Hosea's day? He identifies two things. They have...

Unveiling The Depths Of Hosea’s Love!

What would cause a wife and mother of three to leave her family and return to a life of adultery? Why would she make this decision? Have you ever wondered what's really going on in her life? A casual reading may miss some vital questions that need to be asked. In...

How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?

"I can think of younger days when living for my lifeWas everything a man could want to doI could never see tomorrowI was never told about the sorrow And how can you mend a broken heart?How can you stop the rain from falling down?Tell me, how can you stop the sun from...

Why Would Hosea Choose These Names?

In Hosea 1:2 God instructs the prophet to "go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry. And children of harlotry. For the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord." It's unknown why he chose Gomer as his wife. Her lifestyle would have been in sharp...

From Objectification to Redemption

Objectification is not a word that would be found in our normal course of conversation, but it is a word that we would be familiar with, given the right context. It means to treat a person as an object or a thing, to dehumanize or disavow another....

A Name Is Just A Name – Or Is It?

Do you remember the day that you brought home your newborn, that little bundle of joy that was to grace your home? Do you remember how you chose the name of your child? You may have wanted to use the name of a family member. Or maybe a more unusual name, like the...

God: The Jilted Lover

When one reads prophets like Hosea, the tendency may be to think that they are all doom and gloom. It's almost like their message is a steady diet of negativity and judgement, offering very little if any hope. Someone might be tempted to say that if the overarching...

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