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 all of eternity God held a secret, which he finally revealed through his church to all the heavenly beings.
In response to all of God‘s mercies described in the first 11 chapters, we are to present our bodies and be renewed in our...
Although God gave humanity up to our sins, he also gave up his Son for our sins.
