“Go! Marry a prostitute and beget children of prostitution! For the land is guilty of the most hideous kind of prostitution for forsaking YHWH.” — Hosea 1:2 The Inclusive Bible The prophet Hosea was ...

Hosea is the prophet of pathos. Not his own; God’s. Hosea’s God is angry at Israel, but the divine emotion that runs most profoundly through his prophecy is anguish. The book relies upon an extended ...

In many ways, nations resemble people. Just like human beings, nations go through mood swings. Sometimes their populations are ecstatic, and at other times a psychological malaise hovers over the land ...

My latest book, “Micah, Nahum, the Turning of the Hourglass”, just went live on Amazon. We have been studying through the Minor Prophets in my adult Sunday school class for several months ...

The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel. ―Hosea 1:1 Hosea ...

“Brothers and sisters, if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Let us therefore join our hearts together in prayer. . . .” With these words, I invite my ...

At its heart, Judaism is about love. If you find that claim surprising, you’re not alone. Many Christians and Jews—and, sadly, even some of my rabbinical students—view Christianity as a religion of ...

Editor's Note: In this article Aaron Chalmers has given us a three tips to help us preach the Minor Prophets. For a more thorough treatment of the Minor Prophets, including help exegeting the Minor ...