Month: February 2011

  • Forgive and Forget

    “My sacrificial gifts they offer in sacrifice and they eat flesh.”  YHWH does not accept them.  Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sin.  They will return to Egypt. Hosea 8:13 (translation J. A. Dearman) Remember – We often think that once God forgives our sins, He forgets all about them.  Maybe that…

  • So Help Me God

    “Though you are a whore, Yisra’el, let not Yehudah become guilty.  Do not come up to Gilgal, nor go up to Beyth Awen, nor swear an oath, saying, ‘As YHWH lives!’” Hosea 4:15  (ISR) Swear an oath – Israel’s history is bound up with prophetic legacy.  God spoke to His people through the prophets.  God’s…

  • Meal After the Service

    They feed on the sin of My people and direct their desire toward their iniquity.  Hosea 4:8  NASB Feed – This one is difficult.  It’s difficult because of the Hebrew and it’s difficult because of its implications.  It’s one of those verses we might wish to remove.  It’s even difficult to comment on this verse…

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (2)

    My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.  Because you have rejected knowledge I will reject you from priestly service for me.  You have forgotten the instruction of your God; so I too will forget your children. Hosea 4:6  (translation J. A. Dearman) Forget – When you think of the Hebrew verb forget, think of…

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (1)

    My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.  Because you have rejected knowledge I will reject you from priestly service for me.  You have forgotten the instruction of your God; so I too will forget your children. Hosea 4:6  (translation J. A. Dearman) Reject you – We feel good about the love story of Hosea. …

  • Janis in Genesis

    NOTE: The only way to really feel this edition of Today’s Word is to click here to read and listen to it on the web site.  -Skip Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help…

  • Down Is Up

    But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ. Ephesians 4:15  NASB Grow up – “I am in deep repentance,” I heard the voice on the telephone say.  “I didn’t realize how slowly I had been slipping away.  Over time I just…