Jonah: God's Grace and the Great City
Have mercy on the great city. Why should we have mercy on the great city? Three answers: (1) The Lord’s mercy extends beyond your tribe (2) The Lord’s mercy your self-righteousness and, (3) The Lord is merciful.
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Jonah 3:10-4:11
C.S. Lewis, Four Loves
Keller, Prodigal Prophet
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God is calling people to be saved: through you.
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Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries), Desmond Alexander
The Books of Joel, Jonah, and Micah (NICOT), Leslie Allen
The Prodigal Prophet, Timothy Keller
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Rejoice in the Lord’s Salvation because we really need to be saved and because He has really saved us.
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Go where the Lord sends you because the lord is the one calling you, the lord will come after you, and because the lord’s purpose will prevail
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This is a naval urban legend popularized by former Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell in a 2008 speech and debunked by the U.S. Navy. The story as an illustration for the situation in Jonah 1:1-16 was first used, to my knowledge, by H.B. Charles Jr.
Tyndale Old Testament Commentary, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, by Desmond Alexander
Tim Keller, The Prodigal Prophet
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