knowing God

More Than Sacrifice

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In Hosea 6, two verses sit side by side and illuminate one another with remarkable clarity. God declares that He desires faithful love rather than sacrifice and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Then, almost immediately, He says that Israel, like Adam, has violated the covenant. Suddenly the problem is seen in a different light. Israel’s failure was not primarily ceremonial but relational. Like Adam before her, she had not merely broken rules; she had betrayed the God who loved her. Yet Hosea’s message does not end with betrayal. The God who exposes the wound is the God who intends to heal it, and the story ultimately points beyond both Adam and Israel to Jesus Christ, the faithful Man who succeeds where all others have failed.

Heaven Is Him

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Heaven is often imagined as a place of surpassing beauty, filled with landscapes and peace beyond anything we have known. Yet what if its true wonder is not found in its setting, but in its centre? Reflecting on a simple memory from childhood, this essay explores the thought that heaven is not merely somewhere we go, but Someone we are with—and that in His presence, every longing of the heart finds its true and lasting home.