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1. God's Going To Bring His Children Home

Hosea 11:1-11

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James McLemore

In this family, there are four children, two boys and two girls. The oldest girl taught school, volunteered at the women's mission, and went to church every Sunday. The youngest girl kept a good house, raised five good children, never met a person she didn't like, and never met a person who didn't like her. The oldest boy followed his dad into missionary work, spent his youth in India feeding the ...

2. Where Are You?

Hosea 11:1-11

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Richard L. Sheffield

Where are you? Do you know? It's actually possible to be sitting here, but still be somewhere else! It's also possible to live that way. Do you know where you are; are you where you need to be in your life? Occasionally at mealtimes at our house, especially when it's been a long and busy day and I'm distracted, Xavia will say "Dick! Where are you?" I'm sitting there. I'm eating there. But I'm ...

3. The Soft-touch God

Hosea 11:1-11

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Keith Hammer

Every parent who has children approaching or into the early teenage years knows that the day of reckoning is coming. The day of which I speak, of course, is the day when the once compliant, cooperative little girl or boy becomes the defiant young adult. Many a parent among us waits with bated breath for the day to arrive. Not a few of us wonder how we are going to handle those times when our desi...

4. Do You Know?

Hosea 11:1-11

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John W. Wurster

“ ‘It was I who taught Ephraim how to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them’ (11:3). They did not know me. Do you? “‘I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.’ (1:4). But they did not know me. Do you? “I fashioned a world in love, bringing forth order ...

5. Parenting — Not For The Faint Of Heart

Hosea 11:1-11

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Chrysanne Timm

Parenting is not, I repeat, not for the faint of heart. For many of us, it was easy enough to bring our sons and daughters into this world and to hold their tiny forms in our arms. We had no idea what was coming. The 4 a.m. feedings, the nights spent vainly trying to comfort a wailing child, watching as they took their first steps, the joys of toilet training, the "terrible twos" ... those m...

6. Hope: God Loves You

Hosea 11:1-11

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

This chapter brings the second section (6:7–11:11) of the covenant lawsuit to an end with a word of hope, just like the end of the first section of the lawsuit (5:15–6:6). The four brief paragraphs in this chapter contrast God’s great love for his people and Israel’s repeated rejection of his love. Israel deserves God’s severe punishment, but God laments over his people and ends up promising salva...

7. God’s Love for Israel

Hosea 11:1-11

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

The Nature of God: The almost hidden note of hope with which chapter 10 ended is here sounded at full volume: God cannot give up this people! (Cf. my son v. 1; my people v. 7.) The principal theological question that this passage raises is, What finally will be the factor that determines the outcome of human history? And certainly the prophetic answer to that is “God.” As the Lord of all history, ...

8. The God Who Doesn’t Give Up

Hosea 11:1-11

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"How can I give you up, O Ephraim!" (v. 8) Prayer: Dear Father, we cannot fool you or pretend to be something we’re not; you know us too well. Open our minds and our understanding to know you as best we can, and to grow in appreciation of your great mercy. Amen "I’ve given him a chance three times now. Three times he let me down. I’m not going to be generous any more. I’ve had it. I don’t want t...

9. God's Love For His People

Hosea 11:1-11

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: Give thanks to the Lord. He is good and his love is eternal. People: We will repeat these words in praise to the Lord. Leader: Some wandered in the trackless desert. They were hungry and thirsty, and had given up all hope. People: Then in their trouble they called to the Lord, and he saved them from their distress. Leader: Come, let us worship the Lord with thanks for his c...

10. Justice Tempered with Compassion

Hosea 11:1-11

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call to Worship Leader: Praise be to the Lord God Almighty for our wonderful salvation! People: Even when we were lost and wandering amid sin, the Lord sought us still. Leader: We deserved God's terrible wrath, yet we received God's loving discipline. People: As a parent guides a child, so has the Lord watched over our paths. Leader: Let our witness to God's justice and compassion be clear. All: B...

11. Proper 13

Colossians 3:1-17, Hosea 11:1-11, Psalm 107:1-43, Luke 12:13-21

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

READINGS Psalter—Psalm 107:1-9, 43 First Lesson—The prophet bemoans the infidelity of Israel. Hosea 11:1-11 Second Lesson—Paul speaks of moral and spiritual resurrection. Colossians 3:1-11 Gospel—Jesus warns against misplaced values. Luke 12:13-21 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And also with you. Leader: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is goo...

12. Proper 27

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Hosea 11:1-11, Joshua 24:1-27, Matthew 25:1-13

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Russell F. Anderson

Theme: Living in readiness and anticipation of the Second Coming of Christ. COMMENTARY Old Testament: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 Joshua is now an old man and so he gathers the tribes of Israel together at Shechem to renew the covenant. In the first part of the passage, Joshua recounts the origin of the covenant which the Lord initiated with Abraham. The second portion of the passage calls for a respo...

13. Proper 13

Colossians 3:1-17, Hosea 11:1-11, Luke 12:13-21

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Hosea 11:1-11 Yahweh so loves his disobedient people that he cannot give them up to destruction. In one of the most moving passages in the Old Testament (Lesson 1), Israel is pictured as Yahweh's prodigal son. Hosea sees God and the nation as a loving father and his rebellious son. As a loving father Yahweh loves Israel when a child, brought him out of slavery in Egypt, ...

14. Proper 20

Luke 16:1-15, Psalm 113:1-9, Psalm 130:1-8, Amos 8:1-14, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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George Bass

THEOLOGICAL CLUE The rather indistinct shouts of the resurrection of our Lord - "Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed !" - continue to sound in our ears as we approach mid-October and, depending on the lectionary followed and the calendar year. We have to listen for them to hear them; the celebration of Easter is so far behind us! But the church year reminds us that the "sound" of the resurrectio...

15. Proper 13

Luke 11:1-13, Hosea 11:1-11, Colossians 3:1-17, Psalm 107:1-43

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William E. Keeney

THE UNWISE FARMER The parable included for the Gospel reading today concerns a farmer who prospered. He let his possessions possess him. Certainly you can find parallels today, though it may be corporations who buy up farms and add acreage to acreage. The family farm is less and less a part of American life. Only about two per cent of the population now earns their livelihood full-time in farming...

16. Proper 27 & Pentecost 25

Psalm 50:1-23, Psalm 43:1-5, Psalm 63:1-11, Amos 5:18-27, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:14-30

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THEOLOGICAL CLUE It is in the gospels and the other readings assigned to this Sunday that one hears the message that the "end times" are coming and the Lord will return to usher in the fullness of the kingdom of God. This note culminates in Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday of Pentecost and of the Church year, too; it spills over into the first Sundays of Advent and the new church year. The...

17. Hosea 11:1-11

Hosea 11:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

Hosea's metaphor of Yahweh and Israel as a husband and an unfaithful wife an image played out in the reality of his own marriage to the prostitute Gomer is developed primarily in chapters 1-3. But the deep personal insights Hosea offers into the emotional relationship between God and the people of Israel doesn't cease at that point. Though his message in chapters 4-10 turns to one of judgment agai...

18. You Have Outwitted Me

Hosea 11:1-9

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Mark Trotter

The title of this sermon, "You Have Outwitted Me," comes from the writings of Brother Lawrence. I am indebted to John Imel, who discovered the quote, shared it at a staff devotion some years ago. Brother Lawrence entered a monastic order thinking that he was giving up the happiness of this world to become a monk. He discovered instead a deeper happiness in a monastic life than he had ever imagine...

19. A Father's Heart Cry

Hosea 11:1-11

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Lee Ann Dunlap

Steven and LaDonna had been married nearly ten years before they were finally able to conceive a much-desired child. To their surprise and concern, little James arrived prematurely, weighing a scant four pounds. He required several weeks in the hospital's incubator and lots of prayers before he could finally go home. In the years since then, Steven has often shared how his firstborn, and only chi...

20. Proper 13

Psalm 107:1-9, 43, Hosea 11:1-11, Luke 12:13-21, Colossians 3:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

Call To Worship Leader: This is a good place to be this morning. The world goes on around us while we are in sanctuary. Here, together, we know that evil and good exist in our global village yet we choose to rest a while, giving our psyches and bodies a chance to be tranquil. People: Sometimes we feel like the philosopher in the biblical essay, “Ecclesiastes,” thinking that “everything is useless....

21. Proper 20

Lk 16:1-13 · 1 Tim 2:1-8 · Amos 8:4-7 · Hos 11:1-11

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THE LESSONS Hosea 11:1-11 Yahweh so loves his disobedient people that he cannot give them up to destruction. In one of the most moving passages in the Old Testament (Lesson 1), Israel is pictured as Yahweh's prodigal son. Hosea sees God and the nation as a loving father and his rebellious son. As a loving father Yahweh loves Israel when a child, brought him out of slavery in Egypt, and cared for ...

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