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Cindy’s 5th grade class was assigned to present an object lesson. She brought her goldfish to school and made her ...

Curated by Ezgi Bakcay and Sena Tural and organized by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the show weaves visual stories ...

When you say, “God gave me this song,” it’s like you’re saying, “You have to like this, ’cause it’s from GOD.” ...

Jonah wasn’t scared he’d fail. He was scared he’d succeed. God said, “Go to Nineveh.” Jonah said, “No thanks,” and boarded a ...

British poet William Ernest Henley published a short poem that expressed one way to cope with life’s circumstances.  The poem ...

The prophet Jonah : his character and mission to Nineveh by Martin, Hugh, 1822-1885 Publication date 1889 Topics Jonah (Biblical prophet), Bible Publisher Edinburgh : J. Gemmell Collection Princeton; ...

God tells Jonah to let the city of Nineveh know that God will destroy it for its sinfulness. Jonah doesn’t want to, for whatever reason, so he flees to a ship.

The Book of Jonah offers a clarion call for peacemaking between believers from Hong Kong and China. Three years ago, I was conducting research for a study on the Bible and the Chinese Community in ...

On Oct. 28, only days before the election, I sent an open letter to Trump, urging him to heed this prophetic call and lead our nation in repentance. In the letter, I reminded him of the Nineveh moment ...

So Jonah leaves Nineveh, travels east outside the city and sets up a shelter to camp in so he can watch with glee while the city gets destroyed, since that’s the word he got from the Lord.