Hosea comforts his condemned people with the hope God will yet "come like the rain" to shower His righteousness upon them. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 10. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The more I spiritually, emotionally, and physically cling to earthly possessions that will rot or pass on to be possessed by others, the less room there is in my mind, heart, and spirit for the eternal things of God's Spirit. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 9. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Just this last week I read a fascinating article about the "Moral Inversion" being observed in our culture. Right is now wrong. Wrong is now right. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 8. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I am ruler of my own personal kingdom. How do I rule it? A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 7. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I have found that drought happens spiritually just as it does in the physical world. However, with each season of drought, God has always, eventually "come to me like the rain." A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 6. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

It is only when the Hebrews find themselves captives in a foreign land, that they will have their rock bottom, First Step epiphany. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 5. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I find the concept of the "priesthood" far more expansive in God's point-of-view than the narrow definition the institutional church has made it out to be. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 4. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I find myself moved by the fact that Hosea not only took his wife Gomer back after her adulteries, but that he had to pay her debts in order to do so. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Despite what many believe, God never promised to deliver us from the difficulties and pain. In fact, Jesus assured us that it would be our earthly reality. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 2. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

God tells Hosea that his daily life, his wife, his marriage, and his children are going to be a living metaphor, a message to his nation. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.