Posts Tagged as ‘Jonah’

June 2, 2009

True repentance

In the book of Jonah, chapter 1, we see:

God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh and Jonah disobeys; Jonah sins.
Jonah boards a ship, God sends a storm, and is thrown overboard.
God sends a fish to swallow up Jonah.

In chapter 2 we see:

Jonah cries out in distress and is heard (and saved).
Jonah prays and thanks God.
Jonah [...]

May 19, 2009

“The Lord disciplines those He loves”

Last Sunday at BC we continued our series in the book of Jonah by looking at Jonah 1 and 4.  In Jonah 1 we see that 1) God tells Jonah to warn the people of Nineveh about impending judgment because of their sin, 2) Jonah disobeys and runs from God, and 3) God pursues Jonah [...]