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  1. Do You Really Believe This?

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    Do You Really Believe This? — a word by Pastor Billy Johnson from The Rock Church in Draper, UT. "We need to always believe the Bible and look at it as a historically accurate book. Indeed, it’s a library of events that really happened!"

    “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” — 2 Timothy 3:16-17

    Recently, I was talking with a friend about the story of Jonah. We recounted the story play-by-play. It reminded me how the story of Jonah has undoubtedly become one of the most challenging Bible stories to believe. In 1794 (230 years ago), Thomas Paine, author of “The Age of Reason,” said the book of Jonah was “…A fit story for ridicule if it was written to be believed — or of laughter if it was intended to try what credulity could swallow, for if it could swallow Jonah and the whale it could swallow anything.”

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  2. The Best Ending

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    The Best Ending — a word by Pastor Bryan Edwards from The Rock Church in Draper, UT. "….the story is not ending how I want it to. I think life can often feel like that. A book leads me to places I don’t want to go."

    (In previous posts I have shared my journey through grief and the many ways the Lord has walked with me. This is my latest entry in that collection. These posts have been helpful for me to write and look back on. When intense waves of sadness come, I read them. In the same way, I hope that in your times of sorrow, they can help you as well.)

    Over the last year, I’ve read a book series I’ve fallen in love with. But recently, I’ve had to take a break from it. You see, as much as I love the story, I am equally dreading what will happen next. Without giving away any spoilers, I will just say this….the story is not ending how I want it to.

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