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.
John’s birth and Zechariah’s prophecy pointed to the greatest manifestation of God’s mercy ever.
After the shepherds of Israel mistreated and kicked out the man born blind in chapter 9, Jesus announced in John 10:1-21 that he is...
When were the glory days of the church: perhaps when it was being persecuted, or maybe when it held sway over the culture? In...