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  • What Does This Evil Generation Need

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jun 8, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 7,671 views

    describes what this evil generation needs to see and hear

    WHAT DOES THIS EVIL GENERATION NEED? Matthew 12:38-42 As if the scribes and Pharisees had not provoked Jesus enough, they demand a sign from heaven from him. Their demand was swiftly and categorically denied. What more could He had done to convince them? The attitude that demands miraculous ...read more

  • This Ain't No Fish Story

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Mar 4, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 6,972 views

    Why is it that we don’t share our faith in Christ more? Maybe Jonah can shed some light on the subject. Learn 5 attitudes that keep us from reaching others from his life.

    This Ain’t No Fish Story! I want to tell you a story this morning about a fish. But it’s anything but a “fish story”. Most of us can probably remember the story of “Jonah & the Whale” from our Sunday School days, but maybe now that we’re all grown up, we kind of put it in the same category as ...read more

  • When God Calls, Which Way Do You Run?

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 7,078 views

    Jonah’s experience helps us understand God’s grace again. Hiding and running from God never pays, coming home to his will is the only way.

    When God calls, which way do you run? Jonah is a classic Bible story. Someone has pointed out that in the first chapter Jonah ran away from God. In the second chapter, he ran back to God. In the third chapter he ran with God, but in the fourth chapter he ran ahead of God. Jonah was a ...read more

  • How Many More Signs Do You Need?

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Apr 17, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,078 views

    Jesus made it clear that the Bible contains more information than anyone could ever need to recognize Him and be saved.

    Introduction "Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as ...read more

  • Running Back To God Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,420 views

    A sermon on running back to God from Jonah 2. (Adapted from an outline by Jack Peters)

    Jonah 2 RUNNING BACK TO GOD Introduction: A. This fish tastes fishy. B. You know the smell of fish and of ocean meat. Imagine that but 10 X worse. C. Imagine the situation that Jonah finds himself. He is engulfed by the mouth of a huge fish, or whale or whatever. How terrifying. D. He goes ...read more

  • Jonah Saw Something Out There

    Contributed by Grady Henley on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,497 views

    The Beached Whale

    Mat. 12:40 and Jonah 1 Grady Henley June 2003 Jonah Saw Something Out There or The Beached Whale Incident I. The Wisdom of the Lord on the Translators. There is a word in Mat. 12:40 that supposedly the King James Translators mis-translated. According to Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Dictionary ...read more

  • Show Us A Sign

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 22, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,761 views

    Are you looking for a sign to convince you of God’s love and salvation? Look around, their everywhere.

    SHOW US A SIGN Matt 12:38-40 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; ...read more

  • The Folly Of Following Signs

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 125 ratings
     | 20,034 views

    The danger of looking to external “signs” to guide you into God’s will. So how do you know if God is leading you?

    I don’t recommend very many movies – and I especially don’t recommend the movie I’m about to mention. But sometimes lines spoken in movies jump off the screen and into the dictionary and become part of the way we think and speak – and inform us about ourselves and our attitudes. In the movie ...read more

  • Minding The Times: An Exposition On Postmodernism, Part 2

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Jun 15, 2009
     | 3,160 views

    Minding The Times: An Exposition On Postmodernism, Part 2

    The human mind and spirit cannot endure for very long the chaotic vacillation of such lawlessness before the individual eventually cries out for answers to the extremes of licentiousness and total control. Throughout much of the Modern Era, the Christian apologist could appeal to a shared respect ...read more

  • The Embodiment Of God's Unremitting Love Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 18, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,732 views

    Jesus’s preaching differed from that of Jonah because Jonah prophesied judgement and vengeance, while Jesus embodied God’s unremitting love.

    Monday of 16th Week in Course 20 July 2009 Caritas in Veritate Before continuing a commentary on the papal encyclical Love in Truth, let me spend a moment on this analogy to Jonah. Jesus is saying to these Jewish non-believers, in effect, “Jonah eventually got it, and you guys will never get it.” ...read more

  • A Greater Then Solomon Is Here

    Contributed by Jerry Stepp on Mar 18, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 12,256 views

    Looking past All the Powerful, so called Important people, to see the one who really matters, Christ.

    A Greater than Solomon is Here Matthew 12: 38-42 Introduction: A Little history on Solomon: He was the son of David Accession to the throne --- Anointed king before his father’s death His wisdom was a special gift from God. His fame spread abroad over the world. He was great is Wisdom He was ...read more

  • Part 12 - Matthew 12:22-42 - The Canvas Of My Heart Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Oct 30, 2010
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,807 views

    Jack, a friend of mine, is unable to walk. When I spoke to him about God, he said "If God was real He wouldn’t leave me like this. I don’t deserve this. Where’s the proof that God exists?"

    Part 12 - Matthew 12:22-42 - THE CANVAS OF MY HEART Yesterday I was reading about a man called Han van Meegeren who was a Dutch artist and an extremely talented ART FORGER. He forged some of the world’s most famous paintings so well that the best art critics and art experts of his time thought ...read more

  • Part 13 - Matthew 12:38-42 - Life Beyond The Trampoline! Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Nov 5, 2010
    based on 35 ratings
     | 8,099 views

    There’s life beyond the games we play.

    Part 13 - Matthew 12:38-42 - LIFE BEYOND THE TRAMPOLINE! I fell through a trampoline once. It was totally unexpected! One minute I was airborne and the next I was standing on the ground, wearing the trampoline like a giant torn tutu, and all my helpful family could do was laugh at me! I mention ...read more

  • Part 14 - Matthew 12:38-41 - The Greatest Miracle Of All! Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Nov 11, 2010
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,967 views

    He doesn't mess around with their bad attitudes or get DISTRACTED from the essentials. He leads them to the GREATEST MIRACLE OF ALL.

    Part 14 - Matthew 12:38-41 - THE GREATEST MIRACLE OF ALL! A few days ago, my good friend Joe (not his real name) was taken into hospital after the antibiotics that he was taking didn't appear to be making a discernable difference. He deteriorated quickly and after a few days he was just a skeleton ...read more

  • What To Do With God’s Revelation>

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jul 27, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,919 views

    Jesus came briging the truth, but it wasn

    Passage: Matthew 12:38-45 Intro: We love to have all the facts when we make a decision. 1. buy a car, a house, we want written guarantees, inspections, service records, etc. 2. if we are going to part with money, sign up for payments, we have conditions we want met, and when we are ...read more