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What God Has Made Clean

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New Covenant Tithing

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The Gospel of the Kingdom - A Sign of God's Church

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How To Recognize the Church of God

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Bible Study is Essential For Spiritual Growth

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Jesus' Youth and Family Life

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Born in Bethlehem

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Born of a Humble Virgin

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Immortality Through Technology

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Curses of the Law - The Ceremony on Mount Ebal and God's Curse on Secret...

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The Ethical Core - The Virtue List of 2 Peter

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Christianity is a Way of Life

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The Way of Cain, The Error of Balaam, and The Controversy of Korah

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The Spirit of Man... What Does It Do?

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The Small First Fruits Offering

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They shall Learn the Way of War No More

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Jonah’s story challenges assumptions. Assumptions about what it means to be “chosen”… not a free ticket but a responsibility. Assumptions about the power of human freedom within the framework of prophecy and the will of God. 

The account we have of Jonah sticks out as very unique within the 12 minor prophets. Putting Jonah among the 12 minor prophets asks us to consider it in relation to those books and their message. The story of Jonah questions overly simplistic ideas some people, may have about prophecy. Placement among the 12 minor prophets offers a thoughtful antidote to false assumptions held by people in 500 B.C. … the 1st century A.D. …  even 2024 A.D.

l Particularism - the idea that God only cares about the people of Israel [in our day we might apply it to the Church of God].

l Determinism/Fatalism - the idea that outcomes cannot change. Which can lead to pessimism and apathy about the future.