Jonah 4 – The Unforgiving Prophet
In his wish for death, however, Jonah is simply stating the obvious that a refusal to change is a choice for death.
Jonah 3 – Repentance
It is the king of Nineveh and his subject who fulfill the perfect fast of repentance as described in Isaiah 58:6.
Jonah 2 – The Sign of Jonah
The sign of Jonah goes beyond simply the understanding that Jesus, like Jonah, will spend three days in the belly of Sheol. The Sign of Jonah is only complete when the fish vomits the incorruptible Jonah out.
Jonah 2 – A Psalm of Thanksgiving
As we read through Jonah’s prayer, it is a prayer that we can make our own. It is a prayer of deliverance and thanksgiving said in the space between the chaos ending and restoration being obtained.
Jonah 1:4-17 – Sailors and Angels
Jonah flees from God and God’s instruction into a tempestuous chaos. Like Jonah, the natural and consequent result in fleeing from God is that life becomes chaotic, and we are tossed like a ship caught in a tempest upon the sea.
Jonah 1:1-3 – A Call and Response
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
The Book of Jonah – An Introduction
The story is about Jonah’s response to God’s call of redemption and reconciliation of the enemy. Our story is about the depth of God’s grace and mercy towards his disobedient servant Jonah and his dependant enemy Assyria.
1 John 5 – Water, Blood, Spirit
There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree.
1 John 4 – Love and Fear
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
1 John 4 – God’s Love
In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another .