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Cindy’s 5th grade class was assigned to present an object lesson. She brought her goldfish to school and made her ...

The Bible has no shortage of strange stories. From a talking donkey to a man being eaten by a giant fish, the Bible has no shortage of strange stories. In her new book "A Most Peculiar Book: The ...

It’s unclear if the whale was trying to teach Simancas any sort of lesson, but in the bible, the whale was definitely trying to tell Jonah something.

The principal character in this small prophecy is Jonah, son of Amittai. We read of him in 2 Kings 14:25, in which the additional information is given that he was from Gath-hepher, in the ...

Sometimes when I read the Bible, ... Jonah found himself in the storm-tossed sea with weeds wrapped around his head. And worse yet, he was swallowed up by a big fish.

Jonah sounds like kind of a bummer of a guy leading a bummer of a life. Simancas, however, forgave the whale and found the whole thing inspiring. No shade to the bible, but that seems like the ...

Sometimes when I read the Bible, ... For example, at my church we recently finished a study of Jonah. I’m sure many of you are familiar with his story.