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To: Hebrews 11:6

Good Morning, Dan. :-)

Father Mapple’s Sermon on Jonah:

(from Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”)

https://americanliterature.com/author/herman-melville/book/moby-dick-or-the-whale/chapter-9-the-sermon

(Herman was not a Theologian but he sure could spin a yarn)


9 posted on 08/23/2022 6:20:39 AM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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(Herman was not a Theologian but he sure could spin a yarn)

Yup. he also had a whole section on whether a whale is a fish, Ismael came to the conclusion that a whale is a fish, despite being an air-breathing warm-blooded mammal.

12 posted on 08/23/2022 6:27:56 AM PDT by null and void (they promise the jetsons but deliver the flintstones)
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I am partway through and will complete it anon. I note it is quite imaginative, embellishing the basic text.


15 posted on 08/23/2022 6:33:42 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.” Hebrews 10:24)
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"Woe to him whom this world charms from Gospel duty!"

28 posted on 08/23/2022 8:13:09 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.” Hebrews 10:24)
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