The Daily + Weekly by Vince Miller

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Are boundaries closing in on you today? If so, there could be a reason behind it. Listen to our text today,  Hosea 3:3 : "And I said to her, 'You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.'"...

The real issue with tattoos isn't ink—it's identity. Summary This message examines what the Bible actually says—and does not say—about tattoos, Christian freedom, cultural conformity, and spiritual wisdom. While the New Testament never directly prohibits tattoos, Scripture repeatedly calls believers to think carefully about identity, holiness, motives, and whether they are being shaped more by cul...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Listen to our text today,  Hosea 3:2 : "So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley." —  Hosea 3:2 This is the moment the story turns. Hosea doesn't just go to find her. He buys her. Let that sit on you for a second. His unfai...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Listen to our text today,  Hosea 3:1c -d: "…even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins." —  Hosea 3:1c -d One word shows up four times in this verse. Love. God's  love . Hosea's  love . Her lover's " lov...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Listen to our text today,  Hosea 3:1b : "…love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress…" —  Hosea 3:1b Gomer doesn't even have a name here. Just  "a woman,"  not  "a wife."  This is not accidental. In chapter 1, she was Gomer—Hosea's wife. Known....

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Douglas Ingham  from  Bend, OR . Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Listen to our text today,  Hosea 3:1a : And the LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman…" —  Hosea 3:1a This is not the beginning of the story. It's the cont...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Listen to our text today,  Hosea 2:18-23 : And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make...

You can't mix God with everything else—and expect him to bless it. Summary Hosea chapter 2 exposes the core sin behind Israel's collapse: they didn't reject God—they replaced him by mixing his worship with the idols of their culture. God calls the faithful to confront the drift, warning that divided loyalty leads to discipline, exposure, and loss. Yet even as God blocks their path and strips away...

Welcome to The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your Hosea Scripture Journal now. Our shout-out today goes to Merle Wiseman   from Hillsboro , MO.  Thanks for your partnership in Project23 . Listen to our text today, Hosea 2:14-17: "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there I will...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Jonathan Santiago   from  Ocala , FL.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Listen to our text today,  Hosea 2:11-13 And I will put an end to all  her  mirth, her  feasts,  her  new moons,  her  Sabbaths, and all  her  appointed...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Clinton Cann   from  Kingston , ON.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Listen to our text today,  Hosea 2:9-10 Therefore I will take back my  grain in its time, and  my  wine in its season, and I will take away  my  wool and ...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Clinton Cann   from  Kingston , ON.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Listen to our text today,  Hosea 2:9-10 Therefore I will take back my  grain in its time, and  my  wine in its season, and I will take away  my  wool and ...

The real question isn't "Can a Christian drink?"—it's "What's controlling you?" Summary This message confronts the modern confusion surrounding alcohol, freedom, and spiritual maturity by shifting the focus from permission to mastery. Scripture does not condemn alcohol itself, but it consistently warns against drunkenness, addiction, loss of self-control, and being mastered by anything other than...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Jerry DeVries   from  Cleveland , GA.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Have you ever chased something you were convinced would make life better—only to watch the door slam shut? Plans fall apart. Opportunities disappear. Th...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  EB Cologne   from  St. Augustine , FL.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Why do people turn to idols in the first place? Because they believe a lie. Listen to our text today,  Hosea 2:4-5 . Upon her children also I will have...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Joel Allman   from  Pella , IA.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . What does God do when the people he loves begin drifting away from him? He confronts them. Listen to our text today,  Hosea 2:1-3 . Say to your brothers, "You...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Thomas Hughes   from  Clarksville , TN.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Our text today is  Hosea 1:10-11 . Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. A...

What if God told a prophet to marry a prostitute so an entire nation could see how badly it had betrayed him? Summary The book of Hosea opens with one of the most shocking commands in Scripture—God tells the prophet to marry an unfaithful woman so his broken marriage will become a living message to Israel. Beneath a season of prosperity during the reign of Jeroboam II, the nation had slowly drifte...

A lot of people want Jesus to rescue them—but very few want him to rule them. Summary This message confronts one of the greatest misunderstandings in modern Christianity: wanting Jesus as Savior while resisting him as Lord. Many believers seek relief from pain, anxiety, addiction, or consequences while still trying to remain in control of their own lives. But the gospel is not self-improvement—it...

Welcome to The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your Hosea Scripture Journal now. Our shout-out today goes to Jeffrey Mattson   from Woodland Park , CO.  Thanks for your partnership in Project23 . Our text today is Hosea 1:7-9. But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I will not save them by bow or b...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Raymond Smith   from  Charlotte , NC.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Our text today is  Hosea 1:6 . She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, "Call her name  No Mercy , for I will no more have mer...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Doug Whiting   from  Alexandria , MN.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Our text today is  Hosea 1:4-5 . And the Lord said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bl...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Jeffrey Nelson   from  Mooresville , NC.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Our text today is  Hosea 1:3 . So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. —  Hosea 1:3 Hosea doesn't a...

Welcome to  The Daily , where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Get your  Hosea Scripture Journal  now. Our shout-out today goes to  Gonzalo Mora   from  Dunedin , FL.  Thanks for your partnership in  Project23 . Our text today is  Hosea 1:2 . When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children...

Hosea unfolds like a dramatic story—moving from shocking betrayal to devastating warning and finally to the hope of redemption. Summary The book of Hosea unfolds in four major movements that reveal the depth of Israel's spiritual unfaithfulness and the persistence of God's covenant love. It begins with Hosea's marriage to Gomer, a living illustration of Israel's betrayal of God. The prophet then e...