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We’re Just Like Jonah - Jonah 1 - Jun 3, 2011 - 1286
Is there a better story in the Bible than the story of Jonah? Generations of Sunday School children have listened with wide-eyed amazement at the story of the fish that caught a man. We love this story, yet for all our telling and re-telling, we barely understand what it means. With this message we ... More
How God Pursues Prodigals, Part 1 - Jonah 1:4-17 - Jun 12, 2011 - 1287
Several years ago I ran across the work of a Canadian poet named Ethelwyn Wetherald who lived in the early part of the 20th century. While doing some research on her writings, I found a little-known poem she wrote about what it’s like to be a prodigal on the way back home but with your heart n ... More
How God Pursues Prodigals, Part 2 - Jonah 1:4-17 - Jun 21, 2011 - 1288
In Part 1 of this sermon, we learned that in dealing with prodigals, God sends storms to get our attention, he allows others to suffer because of our sin, and he sends someone to challenge us. In this case the captain woke up Jonah who was sleeping below deck and told him to start praying. What a ... More
God Wants You in Nineveh! - Jonah 1-4 - Apr 3, 1994 - 808
Is there a better story in all the Bible than the story of Jonah? Generations of Sunday School children have listened with wide-eyed amazement at the story of the fish that caught a man.At the very beginning I would like to make two points about the book of Jonah: 1. It is a true story. Contrary ... More
