The Rage of Man v. The Compassion of God: Jonah 3:10-4:11 – When the city of Nineveh repents and turns from wickedness, Jonah and God handle the news very differently. God relents from the destruction he planned. Jonah, however, bursts into a rage that calls into question the character of God. What was Jonah...
Jonah 1:17–2:10 – Jonah’s Psalm of Thanksgiving What happens to Jonah after he is thrown overboard? How is it possible for him to have composed a “psalm” of thanksgiving within the whale? What can we learn about Jonah from these lines of confession and praise? What do we learn about God in his allowance for...
Deconstruction and the Depths of Broken Faith: Jonah 1:4-17 – What does it look like when a prophet of God walks through a crisis of faith? What happens when the crisis is so acute that he would rather leave the faith than follow after God and his plan? It looks like the book of...
