Hosea, A 12-Week Study

by Lydia Brownback

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2016

Overview

The story of Hosea and Gomer parallels the relationship between God and ancient Israel, helping readers understand the extent of God’s redeeming love for his people. This accessible study walks readers through the biographical and symbolic elements of the book of Hosea, revealing God’s desire to lovingly restore his people to a right relationship with him through Jesus Christ.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Failure to repent will result in punishment, but God takes no delight in that prospect. Rather, he desires them to turn from idols to him, their true husband and the only one who can provide for their needs.” (Page 7)

“Hosea is primarily a love story, specifically one of redemptive love.” (Page 7)

“Hosea uses his experience as a parable¹ to depict the Lord’s broken relationship with his covenant people and his intention to redeem them from their enslavement to sin.” (Page 7)

“Israel’s unfaithfulness has not diminished God’s love for them” (Page 7)

Product Details

• Title: Hosea, A 12-Week Study
• Author: Lydia Brownback
• Series: Knowing the Bible
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Hosea › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Hosea › Study and teaching; Bible. O.T. Hosea › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9781433548499, 9781433548529, 9781433548505, 9781433548512, 1433548496, 1433548526, 143354850X, 1433548518
• Resource ID: LLS:HOSEAA12WEEKST
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-20T21:20:24Z

About Lydia Brownback

Lydia Brownback (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the author of several books and a speaker at women’s conferences internationally. She has served as director of editorial for Crossway’s Book Division; writer-in-residence for Reverend Alistair Begg; and broadcast media manager for Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, where she produced The Bible Study Hour radio program with James Montgomery Boice. Some of Lydia’s books include the On-the-Go Devotional series as well as A Woman’s Wisdom: How the Book of Proverbs Speaks to Everything.