In Jonah 2, we take a break from the narrative to read a poem of thanksgiving that Jonah prayed when he was detained for three days and three nights. It turns out that the fish that swallowed Jonah was God’s appointed means not for Jonah’s destruction but for his rescue. By surviving his brush with death, Jonah learned an important lesson that we all must learn.
It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without Saul of Tarsus (the apostle Paul), but it would have been harder...
In a second vision, Daniel saw into the future when the Jews would need to remain faithful under terrible persecution.
Although we may not long to be holy as much as we long to be hopeful (see last week’s sermon), the way Peter describes...