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.
Once Jesus ascended on high, he sent the Father's promised Spirit to light up the church and empower her for her mission.
Ringing in our ears from the book of Judges is the cry for a king, so we are not surprised to find that the...
One of the most prominent themes in James is human speech. While James mentioned the importance of controlling our tongues in James 1:19 and...