God called Jonah to be a prophet, and to go to Nineveh to proclaim coming judgment—or coming mercy, should they repent. Jonah refused and went the opposite direction on a ship. God sent a great storm to put Jonah back on track but during the storm Jonah was busily disobeying God by sleeping. When the…

Last week we took a look at a sleeping Jonah. God told Jonah to go to Nineveh, the capital city of Assyria. Jonah was to warn them and announce mercy and forgiveness if they would repent. God wanted to show mercy to the Ninevites, so Jonah took off in the opposite direction in a ship,…

We all know the story of Jonah. God tells him to go to Nineveh so that he may show them mercy if (when) they repent but Jonah doesn’t like Nineveh so he heads in the opposite direction. A storm comes up and the crew tosses Jonah into the water where a large fish swallows him…

The apostle John wrote three letters in addition to his Gospel and the book of Revelation. In his third letter he writes to his friend Gaius about a few issues. One of these issue is Gaius’ support for those who preach the gospel of Jesus: Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all…

When God sent Haggai the prophet to the people of Judah to encourage them to rebuild the temple, the people responded in faith and repentance and began work on the new temple. The people responded properly to the word of the Lord given to Haggai. This doesn’t mean God was finished speaking to the people,…