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if we meant it, if we tried A sermon on Hosea's prophecy of God's roiling love : You don’t have to be a Bible scholar to understand this passage. Do you? No, this passage is all too clear. In fact, unfortunately , it depicts the kind of troubled waters we all know all too well. Don’t we? In today’s Scripture, God and God’s people are at an impasse . And it’s been a long time coming, too. God has been loving on the people their entire lives. But the more God has cared for them, the more they’ve turned from God. And now, at long last, God has decided enough’s enough .   We all can relate to this. Can’t we? What’s more , we all can relate to both sides of this strained relationship, too. Can’t we? We have all been the jilted party. And we have all also done the jilting , too. …Ok. Try this. Think about three relationships in your life. And for the purposes of this exercise, think of three relationships that are going well . And just to be clear, let’s keep it to human ...

& coming on strong A sermon from Hosea 11:1-9 ...Can you say dysfunctional ??? And no , I’m not talking about our congregational meetings. … Although . ;-) …No, what I’m talking about is the relationship described here in today’s scripture ; the relationship between God and God’s people… The thing about this relationship is, it’s less than ideal .   It’s November now, and that means we’re about to spend the next couple months being force fed depiction and depiction of happy families, gleefully gathering around the softly-lit tables, full of perfectly cooked food. And while those depictions have a certain appeal , they couldn’t be further from the family-life Hosea describes!   Hosea describes the relationship between God and God’s people as at the point where families find themselves in therapy . Or, even after that. At the last moments before the relationship fizzles out … God has been like a loving parent, Hosea...