Sitting At The Foot of the Mountain

We are reading in Hosea, chapter 12, how God is asking His people to repent and return.  Even their ancestor, Jacob, crafty and manipulating...

Deceit.   Deception.  Being deceived.  Israel and Judah are in that danger zone of thought. In chapter 12, God is accusing them, starting wi...

Come, stand with me. Let's look into the manger with eyes willing to see anew this familiar picture. It is indeed a holy night. Everyone...

If you want to know the heart of God, and how He labors over His judgment against Israel (the northern kingdom) and His deep desire for thei...

I love how the Holy Spirit works.  As we look into Hosea, chapter 11, verse 1, look what we read:  "When Israel was a child, I loved hi...

Chapter 10 of Hosea is, as all the other chapters, instructive and relevant. Past a certain point, people who have been proponents of disobe...

I just finished reading the section in 1 Kings 8 where Solomon dedicates his newly built temple to the Lord. Given what we have read so far ...