Tag Archives: Jonah

So Close . . .

I just finished the first draft of my last chapter for my thesis.  This doesn’t mean that I’m finished.  However the marathon of words to pages is almost over.  I will trim, refine, and strengthen my arguements over the next little while.  But knowing that I have x amount of words committed to pages isContinue reading “So Close . . .”

Freedom of God

“The idealized God is maintained at the expense of his freedom.  The idealized God lacks flexibility; initiative, the capacity to surprise.  The resulting picture of God is a sophisticated idol, but still an idol.” (Judson Mather, “The Comic Art of the Book of Jonah.” Soundings 65, no. 3 [September 1, 1982], 286). I read this in my research onContinue reading “Freedom of God”

Question From Jonah Sermon

I received this question from Sunday’s teaching “Where do they think the fish deposited Jonah? Ninevah looks like a landlocked city.” It would make sense that since Jonah was sailing on the Mediterranean Sea that he would be deposited on the that coast line.  Nineveh was land locked, so where ever he was deposited heContinue reading “Question From Jonah Sermon”