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I heard a sermon Dr. Jerry Vines preached years ago called “Jonah”. I liked it so much that I decided to take some of his points, and expand them. Since then, I’ve preached this sermon at three different Churches in two different states. The power of the text is not in me, but in the Holy Spirit and the Holy Scripture. Let’s start at the best place – the beginning of Jonah’s story.

Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Oh, how I love the Book of Jonah. I think every Christian should read it at least once a year. Once you read it, it will fix a lot of the crazy ideas that have entered into Christianity in my lifetime. I have been invited to “Pastor Prayer Meetings” where I thought we were going to pray. Instead, when I got there, I listened to the Director of Missions tell us “The reason your Churches are not growing is because …”, and then he has some book or “expert” talk to tell us what we’re doing wrong. I… Continue reading →