by Justin White | Jul 11, 2017 | Blog, Community Groups
The eighth chapter of Hosea is the pronouncement of judgment on Israel based on the case against the leaders, priests, and people developed in the previous chapters. Specifically in verse one, it’s all summarized in their failure to keep the covenant with God....
by Justin White | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog, Community Groups
As our community group studied Hosea 6-7 last week, we were amazed by the first few verses. The people are talking first, and then God responds. Here’s what the people say: “Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has...
by Justin White | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Community Groups
We looked at Hosea 4 last week in our community groups. We’ve already seen that the main problem that the people had was that they weren’t acknowledging God in their lives. Just like Gomer, they ran from the good and gracious God who loved them. But we saw...
by Justin White | Jun 21, 2017 | Blog, Community Groups
As we turn the page from Hosea 3 to 4 in our community groups, we head into an explanation of how Israel has acted like Gomer. Gomer left her loving husband to pursue other lovers who abused her and left her helpless. How has Israel acted same toward God? Hosea 4:1...
by Justin White | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog, Community Groups
Hosea chapter three continues the story of Hosea and Gomer, his unfaithful wife, with deep new insights into our hopelessness and God’s promise of redemption. Hosea is commanded by God to go again and love Gomer even though she’s continued to be unfaithful to...
by Justin White | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog, Community Groups
This past Thursday our community group discussed the second chapter of Hosea. It starts out with brokenness; within the first five verses we saw the consequences of Gomer’s unfaithfulness in marriage and her utter hopelessness, which reminded us of what Paul writes in...
