Sexual immorality is part of the menu for dialogue, entertainment, and participation in today’s world. It is so pervasive—even in the church—that we have become insensitive to it. But Proverbs teaches that sexual immorality is a path that leads to death and destruction for ALL participants. Very few people in America, if not the world, know…
In this weeks lesson we will discover the true source of wisdom. In our culture, with its focus on education, we have mistaken knowledge and intelligence for wisdom. Even the elderly are assumed to be wise solely on the basis of their years. But the book of Proverbs reveals there is only one source for…
Unforgiveness Unforgiveness – A simple definition of unforgiveness is “a grudge against someone who has offended you”. Another definition of unforgiveness is not having the compassion to forgive. Unforgiveness is a sin that causes us to think and do evil things. Grudge noun: grudge; plural noun: grudges 1. a persistent feeling of ill will or…
Worm Theology This lesson shows that a temporal, material, and comfortable lifestyle can stand in the way of the purposes of God. God’s greatest obstacle to reaching the Assyrians was not Nineveh, but His own prophet! Jonah is forced to come to grips with his self-centered ways. OVERVIEW If I had written the Book of…
Does God Change His Mind? This weeks lesson reveals the most dependable characteristic of God—His immutable (unchanging) ways. Rather than being wishy-washy about Nineveh’s fate, God’s unchanging justice and mercy allow the city to be spared when its inhabitants humble themselves before Him. Overview – Jonah 3:10 When God saw what they did, how they…
WHEN REVIVAL COMES This lesson reveals the signs and evidences of genuine revival from the human perspective. When God’s preacher gives God’s ultimatum to the Assyrians, every creature from the king to the cattle gets covered in sackcloth. Repentance and revival come to Nineveh! OVERVIEW JONAH 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They…
Revival Time In this lesson we discover all the elements of a true biblical revival. The headline and sub-heads of The Denver Post, dated January 20, 1905, read as follows: “Entire city pauses for prayer at the high tide of business as the soul rises above sordid thoughts: remarkable outbursts of gospel sentiment provoked by…
Loving the Ones You Hate In this lesson, we discover that spiritual needs are often not met because of prejudices based on external factors. A strange paradox sometimes exists with religious people. Religious groups have a code, or standard, through which they view the world, and normally that code contains high moral standards like love,…
How many times has a single event, or an unfortunate failure, in a person’s life defined his or her life from that point on? Why is it that we are so hesitant to extend a second chance, or to let the victories in a person’s life define them instead of their defeats? Fortunately for Jonah…
This lesson shows that sometimes God allows us to be stripped of every provision so that we’ll see our one true resource—Himself. We have heard it said before, there are no atheists in foxholes. Jonah, chapter two, shows us that the bellies of whales seem to have the same effect. All it takes for the…