Bible Book Studies · Foundations · ABOUT 145 MINUTES
Study calling, resistance, prayer, repentance, enemy-love, nationalism, mercy, and God’s compassion for outsiders
Primary passage: Jonah 1:3
Read Jonah 1:3 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on running from the call and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Jonah 2:2
Read Jonah 2:2 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on prayer from the deep and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Jonah 3:10
Read Jonah 3:10 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on nineveh repents and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Jonah 4:11
Read Jonah 4:11 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on god challenges jonah’s anger and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
