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Yahweh Has a Controversy – Hosea 4:1-6
Could Yahweh bring a controversy, a legal case, against the church in America, more specifically, the evangelical church? I believe so. We have forsaken His law with our anger and hatred against those
Continue reading...Go Again, Love a Woman – Hosea 3
Yahweh ties up the loose strings in Hosea’s marriage, using this, again, as an illustration of how He will deal with Israel. Hosea has experienced a lot of pain with his wife, as has Yahweh.
Continue reading...I Will Allure Her – Hosea 2:14-23
In a sense we may say God is not prudish. He is not obscene, but He does not hesitate to speak in intimate terms about His beloved. “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and
Continue reading...I Will Hedge Up Her Way With Thorns – Hosea 2:1-13
When God disciplines His people He often creates “hedges of thorns” that will prevent us from getting what it is we think we need. But we need discipline more than anything else. It is
Continue reading...Take to Yourself a Wife of Whoredom – Hosea 1:2-11
Paul understands this passage as giving Gentiles access to salvation (Romans 9:23-26). If Israel can become “not God’s people” (as the Gentiles), then once again become God’s
Continue reading...The Word of Yahweh Came to Hosea – Hosea 1:1
Hosea’s prophecy is, in part, done with his own life situation. God uses Hosea’s marriage and children as an illustration, an unhappy one at that, of how He will deal with Israel. It highlighted
Continue reading...Praise Yahweh – Psalm 150
Here is the end of the Psalms. God’s people sing about God and to God. Song and verse are the creative expression of our love for Him. Beware the religion that does not sing. Praise the LORD! Praise
Continue reading...Two Edged Swords in Their Hands – Psalm 149
Is the church a cruise ship or a battleship? From the perspective of Scripture, we should be more a battleship, prepared in the martial arts of fighting against principalities and powers and the forces
Continue reading...Praise Yahweh From the Heavens and the Earth – Psalm 148
There are heavenly beings and earthly beings. We do not often think of the heavenly beings, which include God’s angels and fallen angels, as well. We don’t always think of all the earthly
Continue reading...His Understanding Is Beyond Measure – Psalm 147
How are we instructed to understand God’s attributes, His characteristics? The psalmist says God’s understanding is “beyond measure.” That means we can think of His intelligence
Continue reading...Put No Trust in Princes – Psalm 146
Why do we give so much trust and devotion to human leaders? Do we feel we can somehow control them more than we can God? We certainly cannot control God, and that makes us afraid to trust Him. But
Continue reading...I Will Extol You – Psalm 145
The ESV Study Bible note on this psalm is instructive: This is the last of the psalms of David, and it introduces the hymns of praise that finish the Psalms. This hymn (or “song of praise,” see title)
Continue reading...Blessed Is the People Whose God Is Yahweh – Psalm 144
Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I
Continue reading...I Stretch Out My Hands to You – Psalm 143
At the risk of being too autobiographical, I was here in my illness. The only way through was talking openly and honestly to God about it. After all, He already knew my heart, so why not be honest
Continue reading...You Are My Refuge – Psalm 142
I was sick and miserable to the point of feeling very alone, though I had my precious wife and the presence of Jesus with me. I was brought very low, not by persecutors, but by illness. But the Lord
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