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.
From Old Testament times, the Jewish people knew that only God and his Messiah could open the eyes of the blind. However, over their...
After noting how little the people had accomplished, in Haggai 2:1-9 God told them to be strong because of his presence with them.
On the night he was betrayed, Jesus gave new meaning to the Passover in a meal that he gave to participants in the New...