This is Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder’s depiction of the giant fish coughing Jonah onshore to let him complete the mission God had given him. Brueghel lived from 1568-1625. (Courtesy Photo) ...

Despite its placement in the twilight hours of the Yom Kippur service, many of us are familiar with the Book of Jonah. Called on by God, Jonah is instructed to go to Nineveh and urge the people to ...

As Yom Kippur draws to a close, we read the deceptively simple book of Jonah. Three themes tie this all-too-relevant story together: the emptiness of self-absorption, the possibility that those who ...

“There is someone greater than Jonah here?” (Luke 11:32). Gal 4:22- 24, 26-27, 31-5:1; Luke 11:29-31 The story of Jonah was a popular tale in Jesus’ time. It had all the elements of a spellbinder: a ...

"Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Ammitai, saying, 'Go at once to Nineveh and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.' But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from ...