"All religions are equally valid as long as the person believing it is sincere..." is how the modern mind looks at a religion's validity. This is not true. The Gospel message was confirmed by powerful acts performed by God. The religion of the Jews was not. Which religion should you believe? The one that comes with power to cancel the debt of sin and that can resurrect the dead!

Jesus came into the World the first time not to judge but to save, but a day of Judgment is coming on the World. You do not need to wait until the end to know whether you are destined for Heaven or Hell. Believe upon Jesus Christ and you will not be condemned!

Why did Jesus Christ have to die in the place of the sinner, surely there must have been another way? Sacrifices of animals? Greater Obedience? Penance? No other way could ever have demonstrated the love of God for sinners. No other way could have atoned for our sin, and no other way can lead to eternal life. Look upon Jesus Christ and you will be saved!

Our Nation is a mess. Much of the blame may be focused on the Church since it has strayed from the ministry of the Word! The Apostle Paul saturated Ephesus as well as Asia (minor) with the Word of God. We must do no less today!

We must not place a limit on the grace of God. So often we think that a person is beyond reaching or is too undeserving of the grace of God. Understand friends, none deserve grace! We must not begrudge the sinner, but endeavor to hold out the hope of the Gospel to them!

Good is not good enough! It is not enough to live a clean and disciplined life, or to be associated with a godly saint from the past. To be a true Christian, one must know and be identified with Jesus Christ, to believe in Him, His person and work, by faith.

"At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it." Jer.18:7,8...The United States deserves judgment. Christian, witness of the Lord, perhaps we will repent and the Lord will be merciful to us!

"Preaching has become a thing of the past, what people want now is to feel good about themselves, to have an uplifting experience!"...so I imagine the culture at large would state. It was through preaching that the LORD would warn the people of Nineveh of the judgment to come. The Word of God is what brought Mercy to the people who deserved judgment. Don't despise the preached Word!

In our age of "Professionals"...those who specialize in a specific skill or calling, we think of Pastors as being the one who is responsible and gifted to make the church grow! In this passage we see that no one person has all that is needed to make the church grow, but that it takes the whole body of Christ to advance the kingdom of God.

Jonah deserved everything that happened to him! He deserved to die for disobeying the LORD. He was thrown over board in the midst of a raging sea. Yet, the mercy of God triumphed over his sin. Three days and three nights in the stomach of a fish restored his life. The believing sinner, likewise, is shown mercy because of Christ spending three days and three nights in the heart of the earth!