Jonah in the New Testament | Mathew 12:38–41; Mathew 16:1–4; Luke 11:29–32 We studied the book of Jonah using its historical context to understand what the author intended his original audience to understand. However, Jonah’s works are also mentioned by … Read More
Compassion | Jonah 4 Jonah and the Lord have a little chat. Jonah does not respond with any sort of willingness to learn and be corrected by the Lord. Its a big deal, and if we are honest, sometimes we … Read More
Jonah in the City | Jonah 3 We don’t always get second chances, but when we do– take them! Jonah get’s a second chance to obey God, and he does. However, God picks his message for him carefully, and while … Read More
This is the first mention of Jonah praying. Yikes! We’ll discover in this chapter the reality that God often has to discipline His children before we turn back to Him. … Read More
Each chapter of this book reveals more and more of Jonah’s heart, and if we let it, we can use it to reveal and understand more of our own hearts. This we discover that these pagan sailors are doing everything possible to save Jonah. Jonah is doing everything possible to not save Nineveh. The irony here is thick.… Read More
Are you on the boat? It had been about 130 years since the nation of Israel was split after Rehoboam, Solomon’s son. The city is called Samaria. But no one had heard the story of the good Samaritan yet. It … Read More