Key Texts: Jonah 1:7–13; Proverbs 16:33; 2 Timothy 2:11–13; Acts 17:22–34 Last week we saw the Lord hurl the storm and the prophet sleep through it. This week the lot falls. Jonah is found. The… Read More »Jonah 1:7-13 – The Lot, the Empty Creed, and the Lord’s Kindness
Scripture: Jonah 1:1–3 This is not a children’s story about a fish. It is a book about the Word of God, the character of God, and the kind of obedience that actually costs something. Jesus… Read More »Jonah 1:1-3 – Jonah’s Disobedience, when Faith runs the Other way
The greatest problem of our time is not inflation, not politics, not even the open celebration of abominations that once stayed in the shadows. The greatest problem is this: every man does what is right… Read More »You Are Not God: The Crisis of Our Age
Passage: Revelation 2:1-7 Setting of Ephesus Ephesus was a large and influential city in Asia Minor. It was politically important, commercially active, and religiously prominent because of the temple of Artemis. Paul ministered there for… Read More »He Who Has an Ear, Let Him Hear
You are not a Child of God by Virtue of Being Born We live in a world that loves to blur lines. “We’re all God’s children,” people say with a smile. It sounds warm, inclusive,… Read More »Adoption – The Only Children of God
