Nineveh was a sprawling city known for its pagan practices and was often seen as hostile to God. Jonah, a prophet with nationalistic views, was reluctant to engage with the foreign inhabitants of Nineveh.
When God commands Jonah to deliver a message of repentance to Nineveh, he initially resists. Escaping his divine mission, Jonah boards a ship, only to be thrown into the sea and swallowed by a giant fish. Inside the fish, Jonah prays for deliverance, and he is subsequently released onto dry land.
Given a second chance by God, Jonah finally obeys. He travels to the heart of the Assyrian Empire and boldly declares that Nineveh will be destroyed in forty days unless its people repent.
Throughout the book of Acts, various questions are asked of or by the apostles. Today we explore several of these questions and reflect on...
In Highly Favored: Part 5, twelve-year-old Mary immerses herself in the Scriptures at the synagogue in Sepphoris, where the rabbis discuss the long-awaited Messiah....
Christ’s passionate love for the world is evident in His statements from the cross on that Good Friday afternoon almost 2000 years ago. We...
