“The smuggling operation has been going on for a few years now. Once the Bibles are printed and ready, they are brought here, and then, box by box, smuggled across the border. Thus far, God has protected our people magnificently; none have been lost. But Sergei is overdue, and he is our very best. He has never been late returning before.” (P.29) #thenightheroes #nightheroes #theironcurtain #thecoldwar

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The story of Hosea and Gomer is now complete. God does not tell us anything else about their lives together from this point on in the text. We are basically left with the seeming assurance from chapter three that they made it; their marriage survived and thrived. From this point on in the book of Hosea, everything will be about God and Israel, the very relationship that Hosea and Gomer became a living picture of. (P.84) #hosea #israel
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1 Timothy 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

“I asked you a question,” the round man replied as he squared up to face us once again. “What in the world are you doing here? I suspect you to be believers, based on your ability to so easily finish that Scripture verse. But one cannot be too sure, or too careful in these parts. So again, why are you here, and who are you?” (P.27) #thenightheroes #nightheroes #theironcurtain #thecoldwar

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When the auction began, everyone wondered if anyone would buy this woman; no one would have ever dreamed that someone would pay full price for her. And from the look on Hosea’s face, it is clear that if necessary he will do much more than this; he will give everything he owns to bring this woman home. (P.75) #hosea #gomer #atanyprice
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