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...
Plot Twists and the Mercy of God – Jonah 1:1-3 Everyone loves a great plot twist – when the unexpected emerges in a story and we are caught off guard and left wondering what comes next. The Bible is filled with plot twists: the Good Samaritan, the Empty Tomb, and the story of Jonah. However,...
