This is a love story and yet so much more as the divine romance at the heart of our universe is unveiled.
In today's language, the life and times of an ancient history are beautifully yet tragically revealed. At stake is the very salvation of Planet Earth's occupants. Here is the precise period in history that eventually produced the cauldron that is today's Middle-East madness.
In an extraordinary drama, Hosea and Gomer are commanded to act out the romance that is at the heart of our universe. They are to mirror in their own domestic life the marriage between God and his bride - Israel. Surely, if God's Old Testament bride can understand the tragedy of their divine relationship then all may not be lost. Maybe a happy ending can be realised.
It is a time when civilizations battle to command the bridge across the centre of a warring world on the same stage God has chosen to show his beloved humans the way back to him and to sanity.
This book will give you...
* a romance to enhance your own,
* a bird's eye view the Old Testament,
* a satisfying personal read.
* an 8- to 16-week group bible study.
* the revelation that the Old Testament is a love story beyond wrath and plagues and floods,
* a fly-on-the-wall view of palace plots and robber-priests,
* a warm glimpse into the true heart of God,
* a way into that heart for you.
* the knowledge that God still seeks to win his bride before the final marriage feast in a new heaven and earth (Revelation 21).
Author's notes:
1. What is Love? has been rewritten and completely modernised since it first came out in the seventies under the consulting editorship of the great and late John Stott and Dr. Leighton Ford. Billy Graham's brother-in-law. It was then under the guiding hand of my old college Ethics Tutor, the Rev David Field.
2. There is a companion novel to this commentary called "Actual Love". This will be available on Kindle later in 2015.
3. Both books are part of POWER TO WIN, my ten-book series designed to help Christians triumph in this wonderful God-given life.
In today's language, the life and times of an ancient history are beautifully yet tragically revealed. At stake is the very salvation of Planet Earth's occupants. Here is the precise period in history that eventually produced the cauldron that is today's Middle-East madness.
In an extraordinary drama, Hosea and Gomer are commanded to act out the romance that is at the heart of our universe. They are to mirror in their own domestic life the marriage between God and his bride - Israel. Surely, if God's Old Testament bride can understand the tragedy of their divine relationship then all may not be lost. Maybe a happy ending can be realised.
It is a time when civilizations battle to command the bridge across the centre of a warring world on the same stage God has chosen to show his beloved humans the way back to him and to sanity.
This book will give you...
* a romance to enhance your own,
* a bird's eye view the Old Testament,
* a satisfying personal read.
* an 8- to 16-week group bible study.
* the revelation that the Old Testament is a love story beyond wrath and plagues and floods,
* a fly-on-the-wall view of palace plots and robber-priests,
* a warm glimpse into the true heart of God,
* a way into that heart for you.
* the knowledge that God still seeks to win his bride before the final marriage feast in a new heaven and earth (Revelation 21).
Author's notes:
1. What is Love? has been rewritten and completely modernised since it first came out in the seventies under the consulting editorship of the great and late John Stott and Dr. Leighton Ford. Billy Graham's brother-in-law. It was then under the guiding hand of my old college Ethics Tutor, the Rev David Field.
2. There is a companion novel to this commentary called "Actual Love". This will be available on Kindle later in 2015.
3. Both books are part of POWER TO WIN, my ten-book series designed to help Christians triumph in this wonderful God-given life.
