Posts from January 2021

By: TJ Johnson Among the book of the twelve (Minor Prophets), Jonah stands out as the prophet’s prayer book. The secular sailors pray to Yahweh. The prodigal prophet prays to Yahweh. The nefarious Ninevites pray to Yahweh. What is even more astounding than their prayer, is that each group’s prayer is heard and ANSWERED by God. None of them deserve it. Nevertheless, God gives it joyfully. It seems to me that Chapter 2 is not so much a word-for-word recording of Jonah’s…

by: TJ Johnson Remember the pattern of Jonah: Go Preach Pray Pity The first obstacle to sharing our faith is God breaking through our rebellious, disobedient hearts to give us a passion for sharing His glory. This past week we heard God’s heart for the nations. In hearing God call Jonah to, “Arise and go,” we have heard Him call each of us to go as well. This is His attempt to break us for His glory, that His call…

By TJ Johnson This weekend we begin a study in the book of Jonah. This story often gets relegated to a simple children’s tale, “Jonah and the Whale”, which makes for a great cartoon (VeggieTales) or Sunday school lesson, but offers very little to rational adults. But Jonah is not a story about a great whale (or fish or beast of the sea). The purpose of this fish, which only gets a few verses in the entire book, is to magnify…