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Cookie akzeptieren- Elk Lake Publishing, Inc.
- 2019
- Taschenbuch
- 246 Seiten
- ISBN 9781950051564
Jonah … a fascinating and intriguing story. One of the best you'll ever read. A run-away-preacher, scared-out-of-their-wits sailors, a hurricane-like storm, a fish-eats-man drama, a bleached prophet, and terrified terrorists. Further, it's true-all of it. Jonah is not your run-of-the-mill prophet. He's different. Defiant. A rebel. Hard-headed and stubborn. Most prophets ran to God. Jonah ran from God. The prophets proclaimed their message. Jonah proclaimed his woes. Jonah's message was eight words, "'Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown'" (Jonah 3:4). Lousy sermon from my perspective-no introduction, no outline, no humor, no hope, and a total downer. Most of the prophets suffered horrific persecution. They were mocked, stoned, imprisoned, and beaten. Not Jonah. His only suffering was self-inflicted. Most of the prophets predicted the future with glimpses of hope. Jonah fumed about the future-angry there was hope. Jonah was the only prophet sent to preach in a foreign land … and the only one to run the opposite
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