The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
Goliath was a champion, a monster who had never been beaten, and then this young guy, David, came forward, a child who believed in God and did it.
That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
Everything rises and falls on leadership.
In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God's grace as the sailors and the Ninevites.
Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John.
Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.
There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.
Parties are continually changing. The men of today give place to the men of tomorrow, and the idols which one set worship, the next destroy.
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