In Jonah 4, Jonah prays a very dark prayer to God. Is this OK? Zack surveys Scripture and concludes that God can and wants to handle our darkest cries.

At the end of Jonah chapter 3, God changes His mind. But does He really? Zack discusses the debate between the "classical view" and the open theist view and proposes a third alternative.

Does repentance require emotion? Zack reflects on this question and discusses how critical it is that we pursue a relationship with a Personal God.

Jonah's entire rhetorically-savvy, apologetically-rich sermon that causes the repentance of 120,000 Ninevites is "Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" How was this possible effective? Zack discusses Spirit-inspired speaking and Spirit-inspired listening.

Is Jonah a factual historical account or an edifying parable? Zack discusses what is at stake with different answers to this question.

Jonah prays a profound prayer from the belly of the fish: Zack reflects on his deep knowledge of the Psalms and the importance of testifying to our saving God's many acts of salvation.

In this second sermon on Jonah 1, Zack explains how Jonah shows us much, much more than than God loves foreigners; it shows us that God loves those who seem outside the story, those whom we don't think God can, does, or should love.

After setting the historical scene (Ninevah, Tarshish, etc.) Zack explains how Jonah 1 teaches us that God loves the ninety-nine as well as the one -- and, through Jonah, shows us the lengths to which He will go to reach the one.

How, exactly, does the Gospel of Mark end (at verse 8 or at verse 20)? What is the significance of the fact that we can ask this question? If this gospel ends at v. 8, how do we understand an ending of seeming failure? This sermon concludes our 2+ year journey through the Gospel of Mark.

The stones would cry out: Zack meditates on this detail from Luke's telling of Palm Sunday to reflect on the cosmic scope of that day.