“I will not carry out my fierce anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not mortal; in your midst (is) the Holy One. And I will not come in wrath.” Hosea 11:9 (translation J. Dearman) For I am God – It’s possible that you’ve heard this verse expounded in its…
“Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.” Exodus 4:22 NASB My son – We have a tendency to believe that God often spoke of Israel as His son, but this isn’t the case. In fact, there are only two places in the Tanakh where God refers…
Their heart is faithless; Now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars. Hosea 10:2 NASB Faithless – “Faithless” is a nice abstract noun. What exactly does it mean? The NIV gloss “deceitful” isn’t much better. Both attempts are really paraphrases of the Hebrew word halaq. …
[audio:https://skipmoen.com/audio/matthew-70.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.) A NOTE ON MATTHEW One of the live class members asked me to post this: As a weekly student of Skip Moen’s Matthew class, I would like to suggest that a class such as…
[audio:https://skipmoen.com/audio/matthew-69.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.) A NOTE ON MATTHEW One of the live class members asked me to post this: As a weekly student of Skip Moen’s Matthew class, I would like to suggest that a class such as…
[audio:https://skipmoen.com/audio/matthew-68.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.) A NOTE ON MATTHEW One of the live class members asked me to post this: As a weekly student of Skip Moen’s Matthew class, I would like to suggest that a class such as…
[audio:https://skipmoen.com/audio/matthew-67.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.) A NOTE ABOUT THE MATTHEW SERIES: Those who listen to this series on Matthew may want to consider the comments of Amy Gomes, one of the members of the live class. She asked me…
Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, the more altars he made; the richer his land, the better he made the sacred pillars. Hosea 10:1 NASB More/ better – According to Hosea, affluence produces an increase in religion. There is no better example than America. American Christianity has…
Sow with a view to righteousness, reap in accordance with kindness; . . .You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice. Hosea 10:12 and 13 NASB Sow-reap/ plow-reap – There once was a man who went out to sow. The seed in his bag was his weapon against starvation. He spread it across the soil…
