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Who is the God of Israel? Author: Hosea The prophet carried a relatively common name among Jews of his day. His name, Hosea, means “deliverance” or “salvation.” This was Joshua’s (Moses’ successor) original name ( Num. 13:16 ) before it was changed by Moses to Joshua (Yehoshua). Date: 755 - 735 BC. Audience:…

Learning to live an integrated live. Troubles happen when we compartmentalize things and leave certain areas of our life untouched by others. The word “integrated” is somewhat of a buzzword right now. Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the…

In his famous book- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe- C.S. Lewis depicts Jesus as Aslan the mighty lion. One of the famous quotes from that book is from a conversation between Susan and Mr. Beaver when the children first learn about the mysterious King. Mr. Beaver begins the subject: “Aslan is a…

Isaiah 54:1-55:5 Review We continue with the new cycle of Halftarah readings We have taught from the Torah portions directly for the last 3 years We are dedicating this new cycle to the teaching of every Haftarah that accompanies every Torah Portion in the corresponding cycle The Halfarah are supplementary…

Never before have a preached a message for those who are not here. For those that are, this will be a message for you to keep in your back pocket, should your future context warrant a second look and listen. Instead, this is for those of you who have fallen, drifted, turned away, abandoned, questioned,…

Social media is something that a huge percentage of the population follows, for many different reasons. According to Pew Research’s analysis of social media usage, on a compilation of 27 surveys and about 47,000 interviews among adult internet users and about 62,000 interviews among all adults conducted…

Introduction God’s never taken by surprise. His plan is perfect God announced to Abraham of His plan for Israel to go in captivity and eventually into the wilderness Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they…

How is God’s love shown? Shown in Discipline and Faithfulness Hosea 1–3 (ESV) 1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 2 When the Lord first spoke through…

Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. Who is Sarah? Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she…

Setting the stage Last week we look at a narrative view of chapters 1-3 now this week we are going to look at the biblical view. So we need to set the stage for it. At the time: Amos preaching in the Northern kingdom; this is also the time of Hosea, whose name means “salvation” Remember Amos was from…

Love Story This morning is going to be different than any other study we have done together. Sit back tune in as we take a look at a love story. (insert- Love story picture here) There are movies that are love stories that come with some great loss. The first one is the movie love story from 1970, maybe…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

As we prepare for Easter, I want to kick off a short series on growing in our relationship with Jesus. What is the largest desert in the World? Sahara, Mojave? Some who have been there would say Iraq... What is the largest desert in the world? Antartica Before you think that I’ve lost my mind, a desert…

Hosea is a profoundly heart impacting book. Of the many truths that the book of Hosea proclaims, none of them is perhaps more transformative for the heart than the unveiling of the unimaginable grace of God. God truly is as far above our comprehension as the heaven is above the earth, and yet through…

I figured with this being Valentine’s week that this would be a good topic to talk about. Some of you are saying awe man any week but this week. I don’t want to hear about Intimacy this week as I am about to face a week with out this and here in church we have to hear about it. God has been stirring…

Welcome back to part 15 of our Story Series - this chronological look at the Bible. Up to this point, the Creator God, whose creation chose to rebel and sin in the Garden, has graciously chosen a group of people to represent him. They have proven over and over again that they can’t live up to God’s standard,…

Peter sets up a significant contrast here in 1 Peter 2 . The contrast is between unbelievers and believers. Unbelievers are those face God’s judgment, those who stumble over Jesus and fall headlong into destruction, those destined to disobey, the picture we see in 1 Peter 2:8 . and, “A stone that causes…

Pericopal Series: Living in the Hope of Our Inheritance 1. Living Our Unchangeable Inheritance (1 Peter 1:3–9) 2. Living in Reverent Fear (1 Peter 1:17–21) 3. Living through Unjust Suffering (1 Peter 2:19–25) 4. Living as Holy Priests (1 Peter 2:4–10) 5. Living to Witness to the Hope (1 Peter 3:15–22)…

Isaiah 9:6–7 “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David…

Introduction: Today’s message focuses in on some further inquisitive questions from religious leaders and others into why Jesus did what He did on earth. We expect this out of the Pharisees and Scribes and religious elites. But what is unexpected is that the disciples of John join in on the questioning…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! If we haven’t met before... We are a church on mission... Why sing “It is Finished” when the service has barely started? On Sundays we celebrate that God has done all the work. Our job, is to sing Amen! Our weary hearts rejoice that there was no failure this week that could…

Spiritual Infidelity's Pain Hosea 2 +3 Morality, justice, loving kindness, and faithfulness. These are all words and concepts that are familiar to our culture’s understanding, but are woefully absent from existing in it. Immorality is not just the norm of our society, it is accepted, promoted, and awarded.…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…