Questions and Activities for Small Groups By Michael C. Mack 1. Who gave you your name? What does it mean? Who, if anyone, are you named after? Read Hosea 1:1-11. 2. If you had been a neighbor or family member of Hosea, how would you have reacted to his marriage and to the naming of […]
By David Faust Hosea had it rough. God commanded him to marry a promiscuous woman. Sometime later, after she bore three children, Hosea’s wife, Gomer, reverted to her old ways and fell into the arms of another man. Now it was time for another difficult command. The Lord told Hosea, “Go, show your love to […]
Devotional thoughts on Hosea 1:1-11 By Elizabeth Matko I used every trick in the book when I was potty training my first daughter. Once, I even moved her potty chair into the living room where she was watching TV. Even though the chair was right beside her, she still chose to wet her training pants! […]
By Dr. Mark Scott School boys used to say, “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugliness goes all the way to the bone.” When it is spiritual ugliness, it goes deeper still. The minor prophet Hosea experienced spiritual ugliness. Like many of God’s prophets, his life got intertwined with his prophecy. Last week’s lesson about […]
By Melissa Wuske 3-D Printers Help Surgeons Mia Gonzalez, age 4, spent years of her life sick and out of breath before doctors found she had a malformed aorta. The condition required a tricky surgery in order to give her a fully functioning heart. To tackle the challenge, Dr. Redmond Burke, Mia’s surgeon and director […]
