The opening moments set a clear promise: we’re breaking down Jonah one chapter at a time, not as a children’s tale about a whale, but as a portrait of God’s mercy at war with human bias. Jonah 1 is rich with context that matters for modern listeners—
The story of Luke 24 opens before dawn with women walking to a tomb, arms full of spices and hearts heavy with grief, and it quickly turns into the hinge on which Christian faith swings. The stone is rolled away, the body is gone, and dazzling messengers ask the question
Luke 23 stands like a mountain ridge in the story of Scripture, and climbing it reveals the hard edges of history and the soft center of grace. The chapter moves with stark clarity: the trial before Pilate, the detour to Herod, the crowd’s demand for Barabbas, the weary road
Luke 22 pulls us into a room thick with memory, ritual, and tension, then walks us into a garden where courage is tested to the breaking point. The chapter opens with Judas negotiating betrayal and moves quickly to a Passover meal that Jesus reframes as a new covenant. At the