Concordia Seminary’s Executive Director of Communications sits down with Dean of Theological Research and Publication Dr. Kevin Golden to discuss Golden’s newly published volume, “Hosea,” in the “Concordia Commentary Series” (Concordia Publishing House, 2025). “You can’t walk away from Hosea,” Golden says, “and not be intrigued and energized and excited … all of Scripture is compelling, but Hosea really has a particular kind of grasp to it that gets your attention.” Golden calls Hosea a “living book that the early church and even Jesus thought was vital.” When he wrote this book, Golden “principally had in mind pastors and seminarians to help them understand the text in its context, so then they can properly teach and preach to others.” Golden explains his hopes for what readers take from the Hosea commentary by explaining the process, “I’m really trying to just explain its original setting: What did it mean, how does it connect to the New Testament, and then … the theological application. It is not exhaustive of the theology in that text, but it gives somebody if they are studying the text … a direction to go where the theology that is going on in that is applied to the life of the church today.”
The book is expected to be available Dec. 11, 2025, from Concordia Publishing House.