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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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Reflections on the book of Jonah – chapter 3
In this chapter Jonah gets a second chance. It starts very matter factly. It is as if nothing has happened. God speaks to Jonah and tells him to go to Niniveh and he will tell him what to do next. Jonah does it without hesitation. God has just given him a second chance. Why? God […]
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Disagreeing with Jesus
I don’t often disagree with Jesus. This was the case the other day when I was reading Matthew 6:25-34. I have read this passage many times. I have heard sermons about it many times. I have read commentaries about it. But recently God has been pointing out some things I have never seen before. I […]
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Thoughts on the book of Jonah – Chapter 2
Continuing the thoughts on the life of Jonah. At the end of chapter 1, God “appoints” a fish to swallow Jonah as he is thrown in the ocean. The purpose was not to kill Jonah but to protect him. As Tchivdjian in the book Surprised by Grace states “The fish’s belly was not Jonah’s prison […]
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