Destroyed By Ignorance

Scripture My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. ~Hosea 4:6, NASB Quote Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the nonsense they are teaching our children. In the age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity. ~Thomas Sowell…

True Freedom

Scripture “But since my people refuse to return to Me, they will return to Egypt and will be forced to serve Assyria. ~Hosea:11:5, NLT Quote “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~Vicktor Frankl As defined by the Oxford dictionary:…

Fellowship Or Failure

Scripture If you obey Me, we will walk together, but if you are wicked, you will stumble. ~Hosea 14:9, CEV Quote There is no immunity from the consequences of sin: retribution will come to one and all without fail. ~Hosea Ballou Hosea was a prophet to the Northern Kingdom, a contemporary to Isaiah who was…

Chaff In The Wind

Scripture Therefore, they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, or like smoke from a window. ~Hosea 13:3, CSB Quote One act of kindness in Jesus name is worth more than all the money in the world. ~Ya’akov Hosea is prophesying the judgment of Ephraim who had given herself to the worship of idols. When…

Fatal Forgetfulness

Scripture Israel has forgotten the God who made them. ~Hosea 8:14, NIrV Quote If we ever forget that we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD, we will be ONE NATION GONE UNDER. ~Ronald Wilson Reagan Last Wednesday night after the GATHERING, John Wydner, Don Fields and myself were discussing the plight of the United States. We were…

A Stubborn Heifer

Scripture Israel is stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. So should the LORD feed her like a lamb in a lush pasture? ~Hosea 4:16 Quote I am not stubborn. My way just happens to be better. ~Willard Garnett Six times, the scriptures label Pharaoh as “stubborn.” Pharaoh is a type of our fleshly nature. We are born with a…