Joel Radford – How can you flourish? – Hosea 14:1-9 1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall! 2 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. […]
Joel Radford – How does God describe the wicked? – Hosea 13:1-3, 14 1 When Ephraim spoke, men trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died. 2 Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them […]
Joel Radford – Why do you lie? – Hosea 11:11-12:14 12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One. 1 Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes […]
Joel Radford – Will God give you up to his wrath? – Hosea 11:5-11 6 Swords will flash in their cities, will destroy the bars of their gates and put an end to their plans. 7 My people are determined to turn from me. Even if they call to the Most High, he will […]
Joel Radford – Who is your father? – Hosea 11:1-4 1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images. 3 It was I […]
Joel Radford – How awful will the final judgement be? – Hosea 10:1-15 1 Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. As his fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered, he adorned his sacred stones. 2 Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. […]
Joel Radford – How do you delight God forever? – Hosea 9:1-17 1 Do not rejoice, O Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations. For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor. 2 Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the […]
Joel Radford – What are you sowing and reaping? – Hosea 8:1-14 1 “Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. 2 Israel cries out to me, ‘O our God, we acknowledge you!’ 3 But […]
Joel Radford – What is true repentance? – Hosea 6:1-7:16 Hosea 6:1 “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he […]
Joel Radford – What is the biggest problem with humanity? – Hosea 4:1-5:15 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. 2 There is only […]
Joel Radford – How much does God love his bride? – Hosea 2:2-3:5 2 “Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. 3 Otherwise I will strip her naked […]
Joel Radford – What can Hosea’s marriage teach you? – Hosea 1:1-2:1 1 The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel: 2 When the LORD began […]