Enduring Impartial Witness (Micah 6:1–8). Do you listen or despise God’s preached word? God challenges us to look at all the ways he redeems us. God is not looking for you to jump through religious hoops, but rather that we would trust him and walk humbly before him.

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Roaring Mauling Word (Micah 5:1–15). God promises that out of the smallest will come one who serves Him and establishes his kingdom. God will destroy will destroy the evil idolatry of witchcraft, spell casting and sacred stones. God’s people will find peace in the Shepherd.

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Bought Oblivious Pastors (Micah 3:9–4:5). Rather than build God’s people upon righteousness and justice, the greedy leaders build upon wickedness. A disaster is coming by which God will overturn their evil to gather people and establish peace.

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Cannibalizing Apathetic People (Micah 3:1–8). The leaders who hate good and embrace evil devour the very people they are supposed to lead in God’s way. The apathetic people cry out for God yet follow evil. Yet the powerful Word of God is proclaimed to  a sinful people.

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Beer & Wine Prophets (Micah 2:1–13). The LORD declares you will not save yourself. But cocktail prophets speculate, “The LORD doesn’t do wrath anymore.” They worship God on their terms. After being broken and scattered by the LORD, he will gather his flock.

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Unstoppable Mountain Melter (Micah 1:1–9). The LORD has a testimony against His people are satisfied with being nice irreligious people. The LORD laments how the only way to redeem His people is for the full wrathful destruction of their sinful idolatry.

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Redeeming Wayward Corpses (Hosea 14:1–9). God tells His people to drop their rationalizations and simply repent. Even though Israel is destroyed, God will nurture and water a new Israel. God’s new people will dwell in His splendor, flourish from his Presence (cf. John 15:5)

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Unwanted Acknowledging of God (Hosea 13:4–14). By their idolatry God’s people made themselves spiritually dead. No one but the true God will be their God and Savior. But their redemption will only come through the destruction of their rebellion and idolatry.

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Determined To Not Belong (Hosea 11:1–9). The more the Lord called to them, the more they fled from God. Although the LORD led them with bonds of love, “My People” are determined not to be “My People”. Yet the LORD will bring them back even through roaring.

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Good Time Heifer (Hosea 10:1–15). When God’s people got prosperous, they got greedy and idolatrous. They want to worship their idols and the LORD. They would rather the mountains fall down on them than to repent and worship the true God.

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