Hosea, Amos / Allen R. Guenther.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-413) and index.

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Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Editorial Council -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Believers Church Bible Commentary -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Cross-References -- Series Foreword -- Author's Preface -- Hosea -- Introduction to Hosea -- Hosea, the Man -- The Times -- Hosea as Literature -- Its Source -- Its Beauty and Power -- Its Design -- The Story -- The Story Around the Story -- Chart of the Parts of Hosea -- Chart of Hosea 1-3: Gomer and Her Children -- Character and Emphases of This Commentary -- Hosea 1:1 Heading -- Part 1: Biography of a Marriage Failure

Chart on God in Covenant with Israel -- Hosea 1:2-3:5 -- Hosea 1:2-2:1 Hosea and Gomer: Marriage Metaphor in Four Dimensions -- * Hosea as Suffering Servant -- * Reaching Back, Leaning Forward: Hosea -- + The Purposes of God -- + Models of Faithfulness in the Power of Deep Affection -- Hosea 2:2-23 The Death of a Marriage: Rebirth of Hope -- * God's Divorce: A Moral Dilemma? -- * Divine Patience and Persistence -- + The Witness of Marriage and Family -- + Christ and the Church: Bridegroom and Bride -- Hosea 3:1-5 Reconciliation: Born of a Persistent Love -- * The Nature of Love

+ Renewing the Passion -- + Paradigm of Restorative Counseling -- + Through Tami's Eyes -- Part 2 Trial Transcript: God Versus the Heirs -- Hosea 4:1-14:9 -- Hosea 4:1-3 Preface to the Trial -- Hosea 4:4-6:3 Defendant, Lo-ammi: You Don't Know God -- Indictments, 4:4-19 -- * Ecology and Salvation: The Land Mourns -- * The Pastoral Calling -- * Hermeneutics and the Hebrew Text -- + Covered by Grace: Please Excuse Me! -- + Worship with the Mind Engaged -- + Double Standards: For Men, for Women -- The Verdict, 5:1-15 -- * Knowing God: Three Aspects -- + The Saints -- + Spirituality

+ Conflict and the Witness of God's People -- Hope Preserved, 6:1-3 -- * Resurrection -- + Repentance: "Let Us Return" -- Hosea 6:4-11:11 Defendant, Lo-ruhamah: No Family Affection -- Chart on Proportions of Oracles -- Four Indictments, 6:4-7:16 -- * Hesed as Choice, Faithfulness, and Obedience -- + Looking for the Large Picture -- + When Prophets Succeed (or Fail) -- + The Rule of Pragmatism -- + God Suffers -- + Collective Covenant Breaking -- Sentences, 8:1-11:7 -- * A God with Feelings -- * The Word of the Lord -- + On Choosing Leaders -- Hope in God's Compassion, 11:8-11 -- * God, the Mother

* Hosea 11 and the New Testament -- + Trust in Leaders -- + Uses of Prophetic Judgment Texts -- + A Consistent Value System -- Hosea 11:12-14:8 Defendant, Jezreel: No Integrity -- Indictment, 11:12-12:8 -- Judgments, 12:9-13:16 -- Hope Beyond Forgiveness? 14:1-8 -- Hosea 14:9 Epilogue: A Word to the Wise -- * Integrity -- * Is God Obligated by Repentance? -- * A Blessing on the Nations -- * Ruhamah: Restoring Love -- + Integrity in Faith and Practice -- Outline of Hosea -- Amos -- Introduction to Amos -- The Times -- The Message -- The Prophet -- The Book -- Structural Chart of the Book of Amos

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