In Jonah 1, we meet the Israelite prophet who preferred to flee rather than obey the Lord’s call to do something new, surprising, and unpleasant, namely, go preach to the Ninevites, the mortal enemies of the Israelites. However, God did not give up on Jonah, or, as we shall see, on the Ninevites, or on us.
One of the best known stories of the Old Testament is not only about David and Goliath but also about the Lord and the...
As the second Adam and the faithful Israel, Jesus resisted temptation and so can help us when we are tempted.
Ringing in our ears from the book of Judges is the cry for a king, so we are not surprised to find that the...