Leadership Ministries | Jonah

Bob Day introduces a study by Chris White on the book of Jonah.

Chris White kicks off a study on the book of Jonah and encourages you to view the book as history and not a fairy tale. You have to know and believe in the vastness of God’s love for this world. Even in the darkest morning, God has His leader right in the middle of it. […]

Some clues of why Jonah directly disobeyed a direct order from God are revealed. Jonah had a strong prejudice against the Assyrians. He did not see them the way God sees them. Jonah was not really concerned with the spiritual condition of the people, he was satisfied with political stability. Are we like Jonah in […]

What a tragedy when leaders forfeit their responsibility to lead.

Jonah, the prophet of God, defies the will of God and this results in a dramatic crisis on the ship.

Jonah is in the ocean, he needs to be saved. How will God save him? With a miracle, same way he saves you and me—through the miraculous work of Jesus Christ.

Men are inherently poor communicators of their feelings, their deepest emotions. But Jonah, when he is in the belly of the whale cries out to the Lord, using the Psalms to express himself honestly and transparently.

When we put our confidence in God, we don’t have to take it. We can be real with him, totally transparent with new confidence.

Jonah repents, recognizes his idolatry and turns back to the Lord. This is the last part of his prayer in Chapter 2.

It is a very foolish thing to do, to straight arm the will of God like Jonah. But, God specializes in fools like us. Salvation is from the Lord.