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Hosea 11 Sermon “Take Me Home”

Hosea 11:1-11 “Take Me Home” INTRO: A son grows up and abandons his father; Israel is like that to God; now they will go to exile away from home -But amazingly, God has a LOVE THAT WON’T GIVE UP on His people, and will one day bring them back! -THIS IS GOD: God has A […]

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Hosea 11 Thoughts “Redeeming Love”

HOSEA 11 THOUGHTS Hosea 11 is one of the high points in the book of Hosea. After many chapters of mainly indictment and judgment (4-10), we see a chapter that speaks of God’s love, mercy, and redemption for a wayward people. Here we get a glimpse at the beautiful, astonishing, wonderful love of God for […]

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Hosea 4-5 Sermon “Knowledge of God”

Hosea 4-5: “Knowledge of God” (Preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship on 5.11.25) INTRO: Atheists=God does not exist; Agnostics=God cannot be known. -Philosophical agnostics; Practical agnostics; Religious agnostics -God’s Word shows us the great error and evil of this position: It is possible, right, and good to know God. –Man’s great problem: they do not […]

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Hosea 2-3 Sermon: Spiritual Adultery and Shocking Grace

  Hosea 2:2-3:5 “Spiritual Adultery & Shocking Grace” (Preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship, Naperville IL. on 5.4.25) INTRO: Story of man who discovered adultery of his wife: pain, shock, evil of infidelity. -Israel is like an adulterous wife—by going after idols—and God is calling her back to Himself through Hosea CONTEXT: Prophet Hosea called […]