Chris White2 minAngerJonah was so stubborn about his unequivocal hatred for outsiders that he ended up becoming one.
Chris White4 minWhen Judgment Is a MercyWe’ve spent the past seven weeks studying through Jonah here at WhiteNoise Studio, and I’d like to share one of the standouts here.
Chris White2 minDivine AppointmentsFor those who hate the light, there is never any satisfaction, never any justice, never any mercy, and never any peace.
Chris White2 minGod Is God. I Am Not.Gratitude can release you from the prison of your own plans, even when those plans masquerade as the plans God has for you.
Chris White2 minJuxtapositionWhat a cautionary tale Jonah’s life is to us today. I think it demonstrates clearly that it is futile to oppose God.
Chris White1 minThe God Who EstablishesWe are participants in what Christ originates because, as both Alpha and Omega, only God knows and declares the end from the beginning.
Chris White2 minGod Finishes What He StartsWe set off thinking we know the path and the things we’ll see and what the journey will require of us, but then life gets real, doesn’t it?
Chris White3 minRepentance as WorshipI had to engage it again and again. I had to learn persistent repentance.
Chris White2 minContinual RepentanceGod brings revelation, and in His light we see both His glory and our total depravity.
Chris White2 minThe WordNotice that this time—the second time—God’s is more specific about why He is sending Jonah to Nineveh than He was in chapter one.
Chris White2 minRepentThere are patterns in the creation that we’re meant to notice. Some of them reveal God, even if only by how they work.
Chris White2 minBelieveJonah’s eight-word sermon, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” isn’t a paragon of eloquence even today, but its effect...
Chris White2 minRealizeNineveh didn’t turn because of Jonah’s eloquence or passion. He was no bleeding-heart sympathetic.
Chris White2 minThe CallIf you read the dialogue in John 11, you get a sense that Martha can’t help herself from scolding Jesus.
Chris White2 minWalking in SecretThere may indeed come a time even here in America when it is more prudent to walk in secret than to walk openly.
Chris White2 minTo Pray in SolitudeJesus was ripped apart and needed to withdraw for a time, but the people found Him even in the wilderness.
Chris White6 minThe Discipline of SolitudeThe more I read Church history, the plainer it is that the heroes of the faith made a regular practice of the discipline of solitude.