Archive for December 2024

Hosea 7-8,  Job 25-26,  John 14:22-31,  Revelation 2:1-17  Hosea 7-8:   These are two chapters where God sets before his people their sins and their refusal to truly and genuinely repent despite his confrontation. He “would heal Israel,” but “they deal falsely” (7:1). They are “hot as an oven” (7:7), constantly burning with sin and rebellion.…

 Hosea 4-6,  Job 24,  John 14:15-21,  Revelation 1:9-20 Hosea 4-6:  Hosea 4 begins with a solemn and significant call: hear God’s Word! How often must we deliver this rallying call today. Do not leave the Bible on the shelf; do not gather in church merely around entertaining stories and feel-good messages. Do not simply “do religion”; hear…

Hosea 1-3, Job 23, John 14:1-14, Revelation 1:1-8 Hosea 1-3: The Book of Hosea is one of the most beautiful—and startling—books in the Bible. In it the prophet is asked to play out a drama, a drama that came at considerable personal cost, and which was enacted in order to visually and vigorously depict the real…