Hosea 1:2 – Household Words:

Men Prefer Justice, But God Prefers Mercy Because He is God and Not a Man. Hosea 11:9.

Pictured: “The Death of Socrates,” by Jacques-Louis David, 1787. Socrates was convicted of “corrupting the youth of Athens” because he asked hard questions about the Greek gods they all served. In the painting, Socrates, who is still teaching, bravely faces his sentence of death by hemlock tea, while his admirers and students look on inContinue reading “Men Prefer Justice, But God Prefers Mercy Because He is God and Not a Man. Hosea 11:9.”

He is Not Only God the Father, but GOD THE HUSBAND. Hosea 3:1.

It’s easy to consider God your heavenly Father. But can you consider Him a husband? The notion of being the “Bride of Christ” is difficult for men—and I’m not sure women find the idea easy to grasp either. Yet throughout both the Old and New Testaments, God uses marriage language to illustrate the way HeContinue reading “He is Not Only God the Father, but GOD THE HUSBAND. Hosea 3:1.”