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.
There is only one true and living God who can rescue humans from serving our handmade gods.
God fulfills his plan against human opposition and even through human suffering.
Since the early days of the church, people have tried to deny the Incarnation and still call themselves Christians. The little letter of 2...