Reed BatesRB
Reed Bates
What was Jonah's beef?
Why did he resist God's command?
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Beth Cook
He was afraid. The Assyrians were the worst of the worst. They flayed their enemies alive.
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Reed BatesRB
Reed Bates
You are right that they were wicked, and that is a key point to understanding this book. I think the text provides a more fundamental reason for Jonah's refusal to go to Nineveh, a reason that troubles people throughout the ages.
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Psalm 111 – I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
"My goal is... that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." (Colossians chapter two)
Sunday Offering... In all things, give thanks!
Giving thanks in hard times presupposes a sovereign God, and demonstrates faith is his goodness. 

"Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood since the earth was founded?
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,
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Just the first eight minutes-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5yaJgunim4
177: A Raucous Time
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How to Answer the Fool / Sye Ten Bruggencate
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Check out Sye at http://www.proofthatgodexists.org/
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How is a faithful servant of God to behave when the country/culture he lives in has fallen under the judgment of God?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKRj2Tev8P0&t
Ten minutes of good commentary:
Tell It Not in Gath
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"Be stunned and amazed,
blind yourselves and be sightless;
be drunk, but not from wine,
stagger, but not from beer.
Yahweh has brought over you a deep sleep:... View More