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.
If someone hears a message but does not act upon it, sometimes we say that “it went in one ear and out the other.”...
In all times, and especially during a pandemic or persecution, it is better for churches to focus on making disciples, not on building and...
Although the church in Smyrna may not have looked like much on the surface, Jesus’ evaluation of it was wholly positive. He did not...