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Which is easier to do... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - B -- 1991
Which is easier to do, to make a sacrifice or to show mercy?
I wonder how the modern... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - B -- 1991
I wonder how the modern Christian got hold of the heretical view that if you join the church and rea
Movie actress Bette Davis once... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - B -- 1991
Movie actress Bette Davis once said about her father: "Daddy in his infinite knowledge always saw th
How proud we are that... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
How proud we are that we are so progressively moving on down the road.
In the movie, Rainman... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
In the movie, Rainman there is one particularly poignant moment.
On the eve of Yom... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
On the eve of Yom Kippur there is a Jewish service known as "Gates of Forgiveness." From this servic
The prophet Hosea reminds us... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
The prophet Hosea reminds us that God "has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us
Even weekend gardeners appreciate the... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
Even weekend gardeners appreciate the role of spring and summer rains in the growth of flowers and v
For more than a year... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
For more than a year, there has been a televangelist jousting tournament underway punctuated with mu
You have only to watch... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
You have only to watch the weather report each night to discover that some things, no matter how muc
A story I read in... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
A story I read in a devotional booklet, "Our Daily Bread," about an incident from the Korean War ill
A male German shepherd gave... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
A male German shepherd gave freeway travelers in Los Angeles a poignant lesson in steadfast compassi
Verse six is an important... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
Verse six is an important verse for Jesus.
For I desire steadfast love... -- Hosea 6:1-6 -- Good Friday - C
"For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings."

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Good Friday -- Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Hosea 6:1-6, Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9, John 18:1-19:42 -- George M. Bass -- Good Friday - A -- 1989
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Things Of First Importance -- Mark 12:28-34, Hosea 6:1-6 -- John H. Will -- 2004
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But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’ (vv. 10-11)

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"How did you make your way back from that?" he was asked.

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