Jonah has finished preaching to the great city of Nineveh. Mission accomplished. Now he can finally go home - but he doesn't. Instead he builds a shelter outside the city and waits to see what would become of it. Perhaps their repentance will be...

The last chapter of Jonah takes an unexpected turn. While God is exceedingly pleased and happy with Nineveh's repentance, Jonah is exceedingly displeased and angry. The prophet's heart looks nothing like the heart of the God. Jonah is grateful for...

At the end of Jonah 3, the vilest, meanest, wickedest city on the plant repents and turns to God. Revival breaks out in the city from the greatest to the least, from the king to the commoner. So you would expect that chapter 4 begins with a party...

Picture the man standing in the middle of the city with the cardboard sign. The one who's screaming about the end of the world and the coming judgment and the need for people to repent and turn to God. What do we do with that guy? We ignore him, or...

Jonah's story has three major players. The leading role is played by God. In supporting cast, you have Jonah the prophet and the city that he has been called on mission to. This week we introduce the great city of Nineveh. The city that Jonah, the...

The story of Jonah begins with a man who runs from God. Fortunately, that's not where the story ends. In God's great mercy, God pursues Jonah. He chases after him, though He does so in a ferocious fashion. God hurls a great storm at Jonah's ship...

The story of Jonah begins with Missio Dei - the mission of God. The merciful heart of God longs to save the sinful city of Nineveh. Nineveh was renown for it's wickedness. Yet God is renown for His mercy. And so God calls Jonah to be His missionary...

Perhaps you’ve heard the story before. A man swallowed by a whale who lives to tell the tale. But here’s the thing. There is so much more to the book of Jonah. In fact, Jonah is not a story about a great fish at all. The whale is just a prop in...

What is truth? Is there meaning to life? Is there a God? These are questions that plague many in our city. Today, Siby Varghese shares how he can sympathize with skeptics, atheists, agnostics, and more because these questions plagued him too....

We conclude our series on the cross of Christ by considering the truth that when Jesus died, we died with Him. Jesus died so that we might live. But Jesus also died so that we might die. The Apostle Paul declares, "I have been crucified with...