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.
There are two basic principles that enable Christians with differing convictions on debatable matters to live together in harmony in the church.
We need to look again at the familiar story of Jesus’ birth to see the many connections with past promises and their coming fulfillment.
To those who try to impose their own rules on all Christians we should just say “No!”
