Jonah Quotes
In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to rely on.
I am so glad that Jesus does not say, “Practice more spiritual disciplines.” He says, “Come to me…and I will give you rest.
He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.
The book of Jonah is one of the shortest books in the Bible. Yet, something beneath the surface whispers to us, hinting that there is much more beneath this little book. (page iii)
Grace means that God steps into the lives of particular individuals with the purpose and effect of saving them. He needs no permission to do this, nor is He under any obligation to do so.
Jonah’s anger was not marked by outbursts of rage but by a quiet withdrawal from the company of others and a growing preoccupation with the events in his own life.
If you feel that without a certain person, or position, or achievement, your life would be not worth living, you may be deeper into idolatry than you think.
The person who learns to number his or her days gains a heart of wisdom (Ps. 90:12).
The benefit of such horizontal interactions - people sharing knowledge across fields - is that it encourages conceptual blending, which is an extremely important part of the insight process.
Living communion with God in which He is real, alive, fresh, and present to your soul energizes a God-centered life.
The constant bombardment of the paranormal through media (Reality TV, Movies, Magazines etc.) is desensitizing our understanding of the cosmic warfare that is being waged by Satan.
A proper distribution of weight allows equality on each support.
You see Miss Gertrude is a genius. And a genius is a genius. So what if no one understands a word she writes. Some day they might.
The book of Jonah becomes an embarrassing and public reading of your family business. (page iii)
Once you cross the threshold of 30 plus years of marriage you soon realize that what use to be two is now merging into one.
Insights, after all, come from the overlap between seemingly unrelated thoughts. They emerge when concepts are transposed, when the rules of one place are shifted to a new domain.