Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge

Hosea 4:4-6

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But Before I Start Writing

Go read this piece over at UnHerd: The cruelty of gentle parenting

So much (un)common sense in here. We do our children no favors by treating them as anything other than what they are: sinners in need of redemption.

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A Note

I’ve been really bad about writing these Hosea posts. I had originally planned to move through a chapter at a time, and do more thorough expositions. That, however, hasn’t happened with anything approaching consistency. So, I decided to break the book into smaller chunks and write in a more devotional/reflective style, similar to what I did in working through Proverbs. Here’s to (hopefully) more consistent writing in 2025.

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Whence Comes Destruction‏

Hosea 4:4-6 (ESV) 4 Yet let no one contend,

and let none accuse,

for with you is my contention, O priest.

5 You shall stumble by day;

the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;

and I will destroy your mother.

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;

because you have rejected knowledge,

I reject you from being a priest to me.

And since you have forgotten the law of your God,

I also will forget your children.