Archive for December, 2009

Jonah 3:6: The Miracle of Repentance

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Jonah 3:6 “When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.”
When most of us think of Jonah’s story, we think of the miracle of one man being trapped in a fish’s belly for three days, and [...]

Jonah 3:4 – 5: Sharing God with Surprising Results

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Jonah 3:4 – 5 “On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: ‘Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.’ The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Jonah must have thought on the [...]