This book is about God. We can see it clearly this way: · The fish is mentioned 4 times. · The city is mentioned 9 times. · Jonah is mentioned 18 times. · God is mentioned 38 times. WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT JEHOVAH? HE CONTROLS . . . CREATION CITIES We should also learn that God will save whomever he desires,…

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. A lot of us got interested in God because it seemed like he could something to our lives that we were missing. He could give us peace; help…

Ralph Waldo Emerson observed that the entire world loves a lover. If Emerson is correct, then Hosea should be the most loved book in all the world. This story of ole finds many similarities and commonalities with real-life stories of our present age. It’s a story of a broken vow, home, heart, and life.…

The PROCLAMATION of light. (v. 14a) “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. We are called the light of the world due to the world’s CONDITION . In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel…

Several weeks ago, I said that the book of Ruth was the hinge on which the Christmas story swings. If Ruth is the hinge, then today’s text is the door that opens us to the Christmas story. There is no other Old Testament name attached to Jesus more, especially at Christmas, than David. The book of the…

A life is a terrible thing to waste. In his life saving book, Don't Waste Your Life , John Piper recounts a story his father often told in his days as a fiery Baptist evangelist. It is the story of a man who came to saving faith in Jesus Christ near the end of his earthly existence. Piper writes: The…

Joshua Chamberlain was a student of theology and a professor of rhetoric, not a soldier. But when duty called, Chamberlain answered. He climbed the ranks to become colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Union Army. On July 2, 1863, Chamberlain and his three-hundred-soldier regiment were…

The book of Ruth teaches us that God providentially guides and blesses all who trust Him. The book of Ruth summons Christians to be committed to Jesus Christ and to do His will at any cost. Faith is not believing in spite of the evidence but obeying in spite of the consequences. The Prostitute and the…