Hosea was believed to have lived in the 8th century B.C. The name “Hosea,” means “salvation,” or “He saves,” or “He helps.”
Here is how the Book of Hosea starts:
1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1:1)
Hosea is shown to have had a difficult time and was told to take harlots as wives. But he also had difficult messages …
Italy has established rules intended to reduce migration via boats, but it is not working well according to Reuters:
June 2, 2023
Mare*Go said on Friday it had challenged migrant disembarkation rules introduced by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing administration as part of its crackdown on NGO sea-rescue activities. … Earlier this year, the Italian parliament passed a law requiring charity-run ships to …
Moscow was hit by a drone attack today:
30 May 2023
Russia has accused Ukraine of launching an early morning drone attack on Moscow, the first time the city has been targeted by multiple drones since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The defence ministry said Kyiv staged a “terrorist attack” with at least eight drones causing minor damage. …
A reader tipped me off to the following which is from the May 2023 edition of Commentary:
The Return of Paganism
When a 28-year-old person identifying as transgender shot up a Tennessee school in March, killing three children and three adults, the usual grim afterlife of tragedy was underlined by an odd note: One by one, media outlets rushed to apologize for “misgendering” the shooter, who, they explained, had been born female but had recently begun identifying as male. …
A reader tipped me off to the following from German-Foreign-Policy.com:
The Consequences of a War against China
BERLIN/CANBERRA/BEIJING (Own report) – The EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner, Josep Borrell, calls on European navies to patrol the Taiwan Strait, thus challenging once again China’s red lines. The Taiwan Strait is an “absolutely crucial area,” where “ freedom of navigation” must be guaranteed, Borrell alleged …
Pentecost is May 28th in 2023. Unlike other biblical holy days, some version of the Day of Pentecost is observed by a lot of mainstream churches, both Roman Catholic and Protestant. And of course, since Pentecost is a biblical holy day, it is observed by Church of God groups like the Continuing Church of God. Pentecost is the day that the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles in the shape of fire (Acts 2:3-4). …
Aeon put out an article that Pocket recommended that contains the following:
Does life have a purpose?
Nobody expects atoms and molecules to have purposes, so why do we still think of living things in this way?
There’s no sense for most scientists that a star is for anything, or that a molecule serves an end. But when we come to talk about living things, it seems very hard to shake off the idea that they have purposes and goals, which are served by the ways they have evolved. …
ZeroHedge posted the following:
Biden And DHS Secretary Claim ‘White Supremacy’ Is The Greatest US Terror Threat
May 15, 2023
Recently we showcased a Department of Homeland Security propaganda program uncovered through FOIA which was intended to use a choose-your-own-adventure style narrative to teach the public how to identify “radicalized” domestic threats. The majority of dangerous persons provided in …