WIFE & WHORE: 2 Shocking Images from Hosea Wife. Whore. These are two shocking images that God uses to describe his people. Both of these images are shocking in different ways. WIFE OF GOD? Unlike the god of Mormonism and the Roman gods of antiquity, the God of Christianity neither has sex, nor has a […]
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Structure of Hosea The literary structure of Hosea is two main parts: ch 1-3 Parable Acted Out; ch 4-14 Parable Preached. The book seems to be mainly made up of four main elements, which are repeated through the book and are found in both parts. The four elements are indictment (exposure of sin), judgment (announcement […]
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An Introduction to Hosea
An Introduction to Hosea Genre Hosea is book of prophecy and narrative prose and is included in the 12 Minor Prophets. The narrative material is limited to the first three chapters, while chapters 4-14 is a collection of prophetic oracles. These prophetic oracles may have originally been spoken aurally or they might have been […]
EASTER 2025: A Victorious Love (John 10:17) John 10:17: For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. Intro: 1942, a Saturday morning, and I’m at your house eating French crepes. -After debating what we should put on our crepes (Nutella, or maple syrup), […]
GOOD FRIDAY 2025: John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. Intro: Tonight, I hope that you will see with me the incomparably great love of Jesus for sinners. -This is on display at the cross M.I.: At the cross, we see the incomparably great […]
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Eph 6:21-24 “LOVE INCORRUPTIBLE” Intro: Story of Bible memory from youth camp (Job 6:1); tempting to view this passage as insignificant -There is often gold and theological treasures in passages of Scriptures we tend to overlook -Today’s passage shows this true: it has something to teach us about God and authentic Christianity. **The Christian […]
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Armor of God SONG
Eph 6:14-20 “Armor of God” Part 2 Intro: Church MILITANT and Church TRIUMPHANT -As Christians we part of the church militant: there is a real spiritual battle we face everyday In the spiritual battle we face as Christians, God calls us to put on the whole armor of God and to pray. *Context: […]
