This is a study of the prophet Jonah, and his emotional argument with God. The story begins with Jonah refusing God’s mission, and ends with Jonah’s regret over the mission’s success. These four chapters illustrate the power and mercy of God in spite of human weaknesses and reactions.

This is a study of the prophet Jonah, and his emotional argument with God. The story begins with Jonah refusing God’s mission, and ends with Jonah’s regret over the mission’s success. These four chapters illustrate the power and mercy of God in spite of human weaknesses and reactions.

This is a study of the prophet Jonah, and his emotional argument with God. The story begins with Jonah refusing God’s mission, and ends with Jonah’s regret over the mission’s success. These four chapters illustrate the power and mercy of God in spite of human weaknesses and reactions.

This is a study of the prophet Jonah, and his emotional argument with God. The story begins with Jonah refusing God’s mission, and ends with Jonah’s regret over the mission’s success. These four chapters illustrate the power and mercy of God in spite of human weaknesses and reactions

In their book on the Ascension of Jesus, Tim and Aaron Perry write: “A lot of otherwise completely orthodox and very devout people don’t bother with the Ascension because, frankly, it’s hard to swallow….After all, are we really to believe that a literal flesh-and-blood Jesus defied gravity and really rose into the air until a cloud hid him?” The answer they give is yes! The Ascension has profound implications on how we live.

This letter from the Apostle Peter, is written to believers to encourage them in the face of suffering, prepare them for coming persecution, and give them hope in Christ. Over the next three weeks, we will focus on one paragraph (pericope) in the letter, 4:7-11. This passage is set apart by the opening statement about the “end of all things,” and by the concluding “Amen.” Specific instruction is given about how we should live, in light of the fact that the end is near.

This letter from the Apostle Peter, is written to believers to encourage them in the face of suffering, prepare them for coming persecution, and give them hope in Christ. Over the next three weeks, we will focus on one paragraph (pericope) in the letter, 4:7-11. This passage is set apart by the opening statement about the “end of all things,” and by the concluding “Amen.” Specific instruction is given about how we should live, in light of the fact that the end is near

This letter from the Apostle Peter, is written to believers to encourage them in the face of suffering, prepare them for coming persecution, and give them hope in Christ. Over the next three weeks, we will focus on one paragraph (pericope) in the letter, 4:7-11. This passage is set apart by the opening statement about the “end of all things,” and by the concluding “Amen.” Specific instruction is given about how we should live, in light of the fact that the end is near.

Fear is something we all experience. There are many reasons to feel fearful, both real and imagined. In Christ, we don’t have to be enslaved by our fears. We can rise above them.

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