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#20 Jonah – OT Survey

21 November 2021 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

#20 Jonah - A Survey of Christ in the Old Testament

In the gospel, God appoints His Son Jesus to take upon Himself the sins of the people. To that end, Jesus goes down into Sheol – down into the grave. Down into exile. In doing this, Jesus is a picture of Israel and represents God's People. God then brings His Son back into the … [Read more...] about #20 Jonah – OT Survey

Filed Under: Rock of Ages - A Survey of Christ in the Old Testament Tagged With: Faithfulness, Jonah, Sin

The Idols of Jonah

11 February 2021 By David Trounce 2 Comments

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It has been said that if you want to know what someone's idol is, you don't ask them what they love most. Instead, you ask them what their worst nightmare is. What is it that, if taken away, would make you say, “I wish I were dead”? Jonah was a bible believing prophet who saw … [Read more...] about The Idols of Jonah

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Dagon, Idolatry, Jonah

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.