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.
In John 12:27-50, we have Jesus’ final appeal to the world before spending his final days focused on his disciples. After explaining the meaning...
Even though it was hard for the Hebrew slaves to see it, and hard for us sometimes, God does care.
A constant problem for the reputation of the church is the presence of persons who claim to be believers but deny the faith with...