This Sunday, we end our series in the book of Jonah; as we finish chapter 4 looking at verses 9-11. We now discuss and explain God’s object lessons which he gave to Jonah in verses 6-8. Jonah is so worked up and emotional that he was not listening, so God uses 3 objects, a plant,…

This Sunday, we continue our series in the book of Jonah; we come to chapter 4 verses 6-8. We now come to God’s object lessons He uses to teach Jonah.  But the problem is that Jonah is so worked up and emotional that he’s not listening!  God uses 3 objects, a plant, a worm, and…

This Sunday, as we continue our series in the book of Jonah; we come to chapter 4 and verse 5. We’ve been talking about anger, Jonah’s anger from the text, and we now come to where Jonah just walks away from God’s question (v.4) “do you do well to be angry?”.  And then Jonah begins…

This Sunday, (after a few weeks away) we continue our series in the 4th chapter of the book of Jonah.  We are looking at verses 1-4.  Here we have the reasons for Jonah extreme anger about the Ninevites, and his conversation to God about this anger.  It is good that he goes to the Lord and…

This Sunday, we come to the 4th chapter in the book of Jonah.  The very beginning of this chapter leaves us wishing that the book would have ended with chapter 3.  Because the chapter begins with telling us about a very angry prophet, disappointed with the actions of the Ninevites (they repented in response to his…

This Sunday, we return and continue our series in the book of Jonah.  We will be examining chapter 3 verses 9-10.  In this text we have the response of the Ninevites to the warning about their coming judgment.  They repent, but even more than that they change their ways and show true fruits of repentance. …

This Sunday, in our study of the book of Jonah, we are now up to chapter 3, looking at verses 4-8.  In these verses we see a repentance with great change!  Jonah arrives in Nineveh (v.4) and begins to preach the message God had given to him.  And the response is amazing – it’s change!  There was…

This Sunday we continue our series in the book of Jonah, we now begin chapter 3, looking at verses 1-4.  In these verses God continues to work with His prophet and gives him a 2nd chance.  We know, because of the next 2 chapters; that, even though Jonah has repented, he still has an attitude about…

As we continue this Sunday in our series on the book of Jonah, we are now finishing up chapter 2, looking at verses 8-10.  In these verses Jonah’s prayer takes an interesting shift as he has been talking about himself – now in verse 8 he says “they.” Who is he talking about? The interesting…

We continue this week in our series on the book of Jonah, we are now at chapter 2, looking at verses 5-7.  In these verses we again have the recorded prayer of thanks (in great fish’s belly) for the prayer of repentance (in water) which is not recorded in this passage (but is explained in…