Jonah

Jonah 1 (Part 2)

In his spiraling descent in chapter 1, Jonah’s next step down was using other people in his personal rebellion against God. Jonah had already started running from God. He left his homeland and God’s people. العاب ماكينات Then he hired outsiders to help him escape God by boat. Yeah, because the best place to be when […]

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Jonah 1 (Part 1)

Jonah’s story is not that different from mine and yours. No, I haven’t been eaten by a fish (though I still have pain from a fight with our dog once), and you haven’t either. But, really, that’s not the point of the story. Sure, we teach our kids about “Jonah and the Great Fish” (or

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Jonah (intro)

Continuing through the Old Testament Minor Prophets, we come to the short – but packed – story of Jonah. Outside of this little book, the prophet Jonah appears in the Bible only twice. The first is an obscure reference in 2 Kings 14:25 The only other reference to Jonah is in the New Testament (Matthew

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