Hosea: A Leader Who Made an Astounding Sacrifice!

by Max Dawson One of the things I have learned about leadership is that sometimes, the best leaders are those who were reluctant to be leaders. Witness the case of Moses (Exodus 3:7-4:17). I have known men who were reluctant to serve as an overseer of the church, as a deacon, or even as a…

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The Word of Hosea

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018Fall1TheWordOfHosea.mp3 by Wesley Key The Minor Prophets

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Lessons in the Minor Prophets

by Wesley Key 2018 Fall Meeting Series The Word of Hosea The Word of the Lord by Haggai The Vision of Nahum The Word of the Lord to Joel The Burden of Habakkuk The Burden of Malachi The Word of the Lord to Jonah

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Was Gomer the same woman mentioned in Hosea 3?

Question: Was Gomer the same wife of Hosea mentioned in Hosea 3 or did Hosea take another wife? Also is Romans 9:25 quoting Hosea 2:23? Answer: To keep what happens in Hosea clear, we have to follow both the story of Hosea and the illustration God makes using Hosea’s life. “When the LORD began to…

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Was Hosea’s wife a harlot and were some of her children not his?

Question: I would like to have your input about Hosea marrying a harlot.  Some scholars seem to think that she was not really a harlot when she married Hosea but had the mindset of the people of that day and time which was idolatry.  Because of that mindset, a while after marrying Hosea, she became…

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How could “out of Egypt I have called my Son” be about Jesus?

Question: About the “from Egypt I called my son” prophecy: Was God applying the same thing to Jesus and to Ephraim? Answer: “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son” (Hosea 11:1). Egypt was a nation given over to idolatry. Hence, when Israel left Egypt they also…

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