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.
In Jonah 4, we find the most successful preacher of his day angry enough to die after his greatest triumph, because God had done...
It’s one thing to say we believe, another to demonstrate it with what we do with our possessions and our abilities.
The loss of the Ark from Israel anticipated the way of approaching God through Christ and also warns against faith that is merely outward...