Jonah And The Whale is a great adventure story-but is much more than that. On its deepest level, it is a commentary on God;s willingness to punish sinners-and on His capacity for forgiveness. Now you ...

Themes: saying sorry; forgiveness; the importance of apologising; making up with friends after a falling out. Jonah is told by God that he must go to Nineveh and tell the people living there to lead ...

Since I’m not a Bible scholar, I’m not very embarrassed about the theological and historical errors I’ve made while blogging. But since I’m an American citizen, I am extremely embarrassed about the ...

The Biblical account of Jonah's misadventures has been controversial, with no solid evidence to back the Old Testament's narrative. Jonah was a Hebrew prophet who is believed to have lived in the ...

There’s a famous story in the Bible in which Jonah, a reluctant prophet, attempts to flee from God’s call. Thinking that geographical distance will solve his problem, Jonah gets on a boat and sets off ...

Despite a year full of distance, imperfections, disappointment, perhaps even betrayal of our very nature, on Yom Kippur we are all doves, possessing the ability to, in the end, return home.

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