Today's Passage: Hosea 8They shall reap the whirlwind!Have you ever heard that particular phrase uttered about you? I’m gonna go with no, wehaven’t. It’s what God said about Israel in Hosea 8:7 though...  Read More

Today's Passage: Hosea 7Context: Israel has separated itself from Judah. God’s people are now divided. Israel currently has a terrible king. The nation of Assyria has just come in and conquered Israel...  Read More

Today's Passage: Hosea 6The book of Hosea continually compares the relationship between God and His people to the marriage between Hosea and his unfaithful wife, Gomer. Just like Gomer’s fleeting love...  Read More

Today's Passage: Hosea 5In Hosea 5, we see God pronounce more judgment on the people of Israel because of theirunfaithfulness (v. 3-4). But I want to point out something interesting in the first verse...  Read More

Today's Passage: Hosea 3-4Hosea 3-4Hosea 3 begins with God telling Hosea to go back to his unfaithful wife as a parable to God and his continued pursuit of unfaithful Israel. As has already been said,...  Read More

Today’s Passage: Hosea 2:14-23The book of Hosea is a beautiful sad yet encouraging book. It is sad because using Hosea andGomer’s marriage God is showing the unfaithfulness of His people. Yet it is en...  Read More

Today's Passage: Hosea 2:1–13Let’s review the plot points so far… God called Hosea to marry a prostitute named Gomer.Gomer gave birth to three children, only the first of which was Hosea’s. The second...  Read More

Today's Passage: Hosea 1Have you ever picked up the Bible, read something in it, and wondered if you grabbedthe wrong book? The intro to Hosea has that kind of effect on people if they don’t havemuch ...  Read More

Today's Passage: James 5:13-20James ends his book with a call to prayer - why do you think he ends the book this way? I think we can often get into our routine prayers. We pray before we eat, pray bef...  Read More

Today's Passage: James 5:7-12Suffering is something we should expect in this life. If we expect something to happen, that means we should prepare for it. So what can we do to prepare our hearts for su...  Read More

Today's Passage: James 5:1-6Is it wrong to be rich? By reading this passage, it seems as if God condemns people who havemoney. But I think we have to look a little deeper at the passage.God does not c...  Read More

Today's Passage: James 4:13-17Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” James 4:15In his book, Trusting God, author Jerry Bridges begins a chapter on the soverei...  Read More