Word of Salvation – August 2024   Song Of The Jealous Lover   Sermon by Harry Burggraaf B.D.  on Hosea 2:19 + 23 Scripture Reading: Hosea 1; Hosea 2:14-23; Hosea 3 Songs:        Blessed is the man (BoW.1a)                         Safe in the shadow of the Lord (BoW.91)   In the 1960s J.B.Phillips, the well-known Bible translator wrote a provocative little book called, 'Your God is too small'. He suggested that most of us have an understanding or conception of God which is far too small, far too cramped, far too narrow. It may be due to the way we saw our parents'...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 18 No.16 - April 1972   Sin Is The Cause Of Wrong Vision   Sermon by Rev. A. Nijhuis, B.D. on Hosea 9:7b Scripture Reading: Hosea 9; John 10:19-31 Psalter Hymnal: 190; 289; 396:1,4   When we are confronted with the Word of God and this happens frequently – when we are confronted with the Word of God we can do two things: we can apply it to ourselves or we can try to escape it.  And, as a matter of fact, we can do that in a variety of ways.  We are quite clever in...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 39 No.42 – November 1994   Don’t Forget God   Sermon: by Rev. J. Terhorst Text: Hosea 8 Reading: Mark 12: 28-44 Hymns: 153, 22a, 182, 242 and 533   Congregation, visitors and friends, As you probably all know very well, learning and memorising is essential to remaining mentally alert.  This is true for all age groups.  Retired people too are now being encouraged to keep thinking, reading and learning new things.  The students in our congregation know that learning is vital as well.  That is why when school holidays are nearly over, they become restless. ...