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.
In response to King Saul’s second major error and his excuse, Samuel famously declared that to obey is better than sacrifice.
While Leviticus makes for difficult reading for people today, it contains a simple message that everyone needs to learn: God is holy, so we...
To start the year, we are studying Peter’s first letter by beginning with I Peter 1:1-2. In each section, we will see how he...