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Bible Stories: Jonah Disobeys God

... the dry land." He told them how he was running away from God and that he was to blame for the storm. The sailors were more afraid than ever. Jonah said, "If you throw me into the sea, the storm will stop." The sailors did not want to do ... Read

By: Julia Shipley | 15/04/2009 | Christianity

The Jonah Metaphor

... it's much richer for me now. And, far more acceptable to my friends. So, what's the genesis (cause) of this myth of Jonah? What are some of the lessons to which this metaphor points? 1-It's a story of a person (people) who want ... Read

By: Ernie Fitzpatrick | 13/01/2008 | Religion

Jonah and the Jewish Boy

... been suffering because of Asshur, and now that their wickedness has come to Your attention, You are going to let them go and forgive them?" This was why Jonah fled to Tarshish. He didn't flee because he was afraid. He fled because he knew ... Read

By: Dinar P. Wiria-Atmadja | 18/04/2008 | Religion

Bible Stories: Jonah and the Big Fish

... nights. The Lord Jesus spoke about this when he was here on earth (Matthew 12:40). He said that as Jonah was in the fish three nights and three days so He would be in the grave for three days and three nights. After he had prayed and after ... Read

By: Julia Shipley | 15/04/2009 | Christianity

Bible Stories: Jonah's Task

... They especially worshipped Dagon, a fish God. They believed that he had come up out of the sea and founded their nation. Jonah was the first prophet of the northern kingdom after Elisha. He had studied the scrolls on which the Word of God ... Read

By: Julia Shipley | 15/04/2009 | Christianity

Bible Versus Quran Versus Sciences, (44) Does the Lord Repent?

... sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, Joel and Jonah said to the Lord: repent of the evil, and God repented of the evil. Joel 2:13 And rend ... Read

By: Prof.dr. Ibrahim Khalil | 13/04/2007 | Religion

Laboring for God - is There a Payday?

... for dismissing "rights" to eternal rewards for anybody is quite strong. For starters, "Salvation is from the Lord" (Jonah 2:9). While Jonah was probably referring to deliverance from the belly of the great fish, those with even a cursory ... Read

By: Robin Calamaio | 01/01/2008 | Religion

Who Told You?

... told you that the Bible is infallible? Who told you that there were only sixty six books in the Bible that are inspired? Who told you that Jonah and the whale and all such stories are literal? What is REAL? Unless we begin to challenge and ... Read

By: Ernie Fitzpatrick | 26/12/2008 | Religion

Consciousness Knows

... no wonder that we call those who say things that don't come true- prophets! Maybe a prophetic spirit. Remember Jonah and his prophecy (supposedly from God) about Nineveh that didn't come true? In the 18th chapter of Deuteronomy (21-22) the ... Read

By: Ernie Fitzpatrick | 30/07/2008 | Metaphysics

Religious Homeostasis

... are not. Ok. Which are literal. Now the headaches begin. Which box do you open up, and when you do, how do you keep everything in that box from jumping out? Is the Jonah story real or a metaphor? Were Adam and Eve historical people or is ... Read

By: Ernie Fitzpatrick | 17/02/2008 | Religion

Legends? Myths? or Word of God?

... no part of it. He begged God to choose someone else. Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, was timid by nature. He didn't want the job. Jonah ran away and hid, trying to avoid making his prophecy. Elijah not only ran, he even asked God to kill him ... Read

By: Jerry Richard Boone | 12/09/2007 | Religion

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