Self Pity

Wholesale Slaughter with the Jawbone of a donkey

The cords that bound Samson were snapped and he grabbed a fresh jawbone of a donkey and made a wholesale slaughter of the Philistines (vv. 14-17). A fresh jawbone of a donkey would be heavier and less brittle and thus a more effective weapon than a jawbone that was old and dry. This great …

God Ministered to Jonah

Though Jonah is angry at God (vv. 1-4), God still cares for him and demonstrates this by preparing a gourd to grow up and provide shade for Jonah’s head. Jonah was happy for the provision of this plant, but apparently he does not recognize it as having come from the hand of God …

IllustrationWhitefield – Resistence to his preaching

The English Anglican evangelist George Whitefield was preaching at Moorfields fair in 1742. As he did so stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat were thrown at him from the crowd …