Tangled Lines and Renewed Minds
Let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1 Everyone has one. Some have more. All struggle. Tangled Lines I was fishing a couple of months ago on the marsh [...]
Undeserved Favor at Christmas
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O [...]
Fear is a Forceful Motivator When We Run
7Each man said to his mate, “Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity has struck us.” So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. 8Then they said to him, “Tell us now! On whose account has this calamity struck us? [...]
Religious People Aren’t Always Godly People
4 However, the Lord hurled a great wind on the sea, and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up. 5 Then the sailors became afraid, and every man cried out to his god, and they hurled the cargo which [...]
Do God’s Plans Scare You Away?
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshis from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshis, paid the fare, and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. Jonah [...]
God’s Word Clearly Uncovers Corruption
The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me.” -Jonah 1:1-2 Was it a fish, or was it a whale? Is that even possible? Did Jonah really get swallowed by a fish? [...]