Hosea tells a heartbreaking—and for many, a perplexing—story about a prophet told to marry a prostitute. This book is filled with cycle after cycle of promises of judgment.
But according to David Murray, professor of Old Testament and practical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Hosea gives teachers the opportunity to present people with vivid pictures of God as a faithful husband intent on loving his unfaithful wife, a parent whose heart is twisted up inside him over the effect of his child’s sin, and so much more.
In context of all of God’s uncomfortable promises to judge his people in heartbreaking ways, Murray points out God’s repeated promises throughout the book to live, to save, to redeem, and to restore his people to himself after they’ve wandered away from him.
Listen to this episode of Help Me Teach the Bible.
Mentioned in this episode
- Preparing a sermon using The Compelling Communicator (video demonstration)
- Murray’s Top Online Articles on Christ in the Old Testament
- 30 ‘I Wills’ from Hosea
- Jesus on Every Page by David Murray
- Exploring the Bible Together: A 52-Week Family Worship Plan by David Murray (releases May 2020)
- Meeting with Jesus: A Daily Bible Reading Plan for Kids by David Murray (releases March 2020)
- The Word of the Lord video session on Hosea by Nancy Guthrie
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