In the News ... "Prophet Jonah inspires"

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• Eighth Century B.C. leader converted Nineveh after shaky start

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American

MIDLAND, TEXAS - Scott Sheppard would like to identify with mighty Biblical warriors like Joshua and Gideon, but he sees himself less heroically in the mold of Jonah, the doubtful prophet who had to be swallowed by a whale before he would obey God’s call to preach in the sinful Mesopotamian city of Nineveh. ...

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