Tag: jonah
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Scandalous Faith – a Millstone around our neck
Lent 2023 AD + Original post date: 29 March, in the year of our Lord 2022 Today’s topic is scandal! ASH WEDNESDAY in the year of our Lord 2023, we begin with TODAY’S subject: Christians in the shoes of Jonah Repent, Jonah! It’s raining and you are NOT Noah who will save only his own…
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Nineveh – Preaching to a cruel enemy
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Jonah 1:2 NASB20 Repent (They did.) Remove your masks of hypocrisy, claimants of Christ. Let God’s enemy see your true face — that you DO NOT want them to be saved. Nineveh initially didn’t even see…
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Another Day of Silence at the Grave of a Loved One
It’s a familiar scene — loved ones mourning their loss in silence once the dead body can no longer be embraced by eyes or arms. All that remains are our fleeting memories of a life which has passed into lifeless dust. I have been there. Likely you have as well. It happens that the Beloved…
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Beyond Nazareth
Taking the long view – Beyond Nineveh and Nazareth Our long journey began in Beyond Nineveh with a look at Jonah, a reluctant Prophet who preached repentance to the largest city on earth. {Read about the beginning of our journey in the link above.} From Jonah’s home in the Galilean hills, Jerusalem would have seemed like a modern…
