So far, in the first three chapters, Jonah looks bad. He receives clear instruction from God to go to Nineveh, but runs. God tries to get his attention with a storm, but he sleeps. God sends a non-Christian captain to convict him, but he doesn’t listen. God uses a pagan dice game to call [...]

We left Jonah, at the end of chapter two, vomit-drenched standing on the beach having spent the last three days inside a great fish. As he comes to his senses, and his eyes acclimate to the light, the word of the Lord comes to him a second time, saying “Arise, go to Nineveh, that [...]

Last week, we left Jonah sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Owning his sin and realizing that he cannot run from God, Jonah places himself in God’s hands and is thrown overboard into the sea. This week we look at chapter two, Jonah’s prayer, which recounts his downward descent into the deep [...]

This month we are diving into the book of Jonah. On Sunday we began with chapter one and examined how we are very much like Jonah. The book of Jonah is about a prophet from Gath-hepher (2 Kings 14:25), 3 miles northeast of Nazareth, who lived during the reign of Jeroboam II (793-753 B.C.). God [...]