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    A Walk Thru the Book of Jonah (Walk Thru the Bible Discussion Guides): Experiencing God's Relentless Grace
    A Walk Thru the Book of Jonah (Walk Thru the Bible Discussion Guides): Experiencing God's Relentless Grace
    A Walk Thru the Book of Jonah (Walk Thru the Bible Discussion Guides): Experiencing God's Relentless Grace
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    A Walk Thru the Book of Jonah (Walk Thru the Bible Discussion Guides): Experiencing God's Relentless Grace

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    Christians all over the world trust Walk Thru the Bible to help them deepen their spiritual lives through a greater understanding of God's Word. Now Walk Thru the Bible is launching its own small group Bible study series that will uncover the richness of the Scriptures. Each guide explores a book of the Bible or a prominent Bible character, offering rich insights and practical life application.
    These discussion guides are perfect for Bible study groups, Sunday schools, small groups, and individuals who want a deeper understanding of books of the Bible and heroes of the faith.

    About the series
    Christians all over the world trust Walk Thru the Bible to help them deepen their spiritual lives through a greater understanding of God's Word. Now Walk Thru the Bible is launching a new inductive Bible study series with Baker Books that will uncover the richness of the Scriptures. Each guide explores a book of the Bible or a prominent Bible character, offering rich insights and practical life application. These discussion guides are perfect for Bible study groups, Sunday schools, small groups, and individuals who want a deeper understanding of books of the Bible and heroes of the faith.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateAug 1, 2009
    ISBN9781441235350
    A Walk Thru the Book of Jonah (Walk Thru the Bible Discussion Guides): Experiencing God's Relentless Grace

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      A Walk Thru the Book of Jonah (Walk Thru the Bible Discussion Guides) - Baker Publishing Group

      © 2009 by Walk Thru the Bible

      Published by Baker Books

      a division of Baker Publishing Group

      P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

      www.bakerbooks.com

      Ebook edition created 2011

      Ebook corrections 11.19.2013

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

      ISBN 978-1-4412-3535-0

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

      Scripture is taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com

      Cover image: resonants / iStock

      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Introduction

      Session 1: Mission Impossible

      Session 2: Three Dark Days

      Session 3: Powerful Words

      Session 4: The Message and the Messenger

      Session 5: A Changed Life

      Session 6: The Sign of Jonah

      Conclusion

      Leader’s Notes

      Bibliography

      Back Ads

      Introduction

      In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Sometime after that beginning, however, humanity managed to thrust his creation back into disorder. Ever since, God has sought to redeem. And he has been relentless too. The Bible is a record of his constant calling, his great love for those who need him, his jaw-dropping sacrifice that still causes men and angels to bow down in awe.

      The book of Jonah is one example among many of God’s relentless pursuit of those who will turn to him. It has connotations of Genesis 1: the tumultuous deep over which the Spirit brooded, for example; as well as hints of Revelation 22—a vast city that, at least for a moment in time, becomes pure in heart and completely devoted to him. In some respects, it’s a portrait of redemptive history: Jonah represents the nation of Israel reluctantly fulfilling its calling to be a light to the world; and Nineveh is the lost Gentile masses that are inexplicably drawn to their Creator’s word. And beneath the drama is the pounding, pleading heart of God that longs to pour out its mercy.

      Jonah is an unusual book. It’s one among the collection of twelve minor prophets, but it doesn’t read like any of the rest. For one thing, the other prophetic books were written by the prophets or their scribes. Jonah is a third-person story of the prophet himself. Moreover, the story reads like history in some parts and fiction in others—which, along with the highly unusual fish predicament, causes some to consider the prophecy a parable or allegory. But parables and allegories generally don’t designate the main character by an identifiable time and place (the son of Amittai from Gath-Hepher). And the Son of God himself referred to Jonah as one would speak of a historical figure (Matt. 12:41).

      Regardless of the enigmatic nature of the story, Jonah packs powerful messages on obedience, prejudice, compassion, bitterness, and God’s mission to the nations of the world. A reader who comes to grip with Jonah’s truths will come face to face with a relentless

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