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A generation that seeks for a sign may well be literally adulterous, as ours is. \u00a0But it\u2019s certainly<\/em> \u201cadulterous\u201d in the metaphorical sense illustrated by the Old Testament story of the prophet Hosea, who\u2019s called \u2014 think on this<\/em>, the next time\u00a0you\u2019re tempted to complain about your church assignment! \u2014 to illustrate the broken relationship between the Lord and unfaithful Israel in his own marriage and his own family.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew 16:1-4 Mark 8:11-13 Compare Matthew 12:38-39; Luke 11:16, 29; 12:54-56; John 6:30 \u00a0 A generation that seeks for a sign may well be literally adulterous, as ours is. \u00a0But it\u2019s certainly \u201cadulterous\u201d in the metaphorical sense illustrated by the Old Testament story of the prophet Hosea, who\u2019s called \u2014 think on this, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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