God Loves His Enemies  – Do We?

God Loves His Enemies – Do We?

The message of Jonah is that God loves His enemies. He has a heart to save the lost. Jonah, unfortunately, mirrors the worst part of ourselves that we can resent just how good and kind He can be toward people we despise. Jonah had a big problem that the compassion of...
Two Kinds of Repentance

Two Kinds of Repentance

Jonah chapters 2-3 provide a contrast of two types of repentance. In chapter 2 Jonah lives out self-righteous repentance, with flowery words, biblical knowledge, all the forms expected… but none of the heart. Jonah is only pushed to repentance through extreme...
What Lies Within Us All

What Lies Within Us All

Jonah resisted the truth that God’s will was better than his own. This four-chapter book in the Old Testament holds a mirror up for us to what lies in the human heart which resists trusting God’s will and plan. Jonah is typically regarded as a children’s story about...