Sermons on Hosea

Click HERE to download sermon transcript! Today’s sermon is exploring the biblical prophet Hosea’s challenging narrative. In this narrative, God commands him to marry Gomer, a promiscuous woman. This serves as a metaphorical representation of Israel’s spiritual unfaithfulness. Set in the 8th century BC during the rising Assyrian empire, the text focuses on Hosea’s symbolic marriage and the prophetic naming of his children – Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-ami. Each name communicates God’s displeasure with Israel. The speaker draws intriguing parallels…

Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Eighth Sunday After Pentecost Hosea 11:1-11  1 When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. 2 The more [a]they called them, The more they went away from [b]them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols. 3 Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, [c]I took them in My arms; But they did not know that I healed…