The story of Jonah shows us that this gospel of the cross – the good news that God relentlessly pursues sinners in order to rescue them – is just as much for Christians as it is for non-Christians. Jonah’s life proves this, because Jonah, who knows God, obviously needs divine deliverance as much as anyone [...]
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Its Just as Much for Christians as it is Non-Christians
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Cross, Deliverance, Gospel, Jonah, Siners on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Not Just Atheists nor Agnostics Doing This…
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Agnostics, Athiest, Christians, God's Grace, God's Mission, Jonah, Sin on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not just atheists and agnostics and other non-Christians who write God off. Christians too, can put him on the shelf. In fact, every time we sin, we’re in that moment dismissing God. ANd it’s always because in that moment, we fail to understand the size of our sin, the size of God’s grace and [...]
God’s Message to His People in Jonah
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Jonah, Prophets, Sinners on February 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Jonah is the only prophetic book in the Bible that focuses on the prophet himself rather than on his message. Jonah’s life is God’s message to his people. What is that message? God’s message to his people through the life of this prophet is that we’re all like Jonah. We’re all great sinners - and God [...]
Its A Story that Reveals God’s Heart
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged God's Heart, God's Love, Jonah on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In unforgettable events and imagery, the story of Jonah reveals how perfectly patient God pursue fugitives – a God who has ever right to give up on rebels like us and to move on, but doesn’t. It’s a story that reveals forever the heart of God for sinners from every race, every age and every [...]
Which Way Do You Run?
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Jonah on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jonah runs from his enemies; God runs toward his enemies. Jonah serves himself; God serves the world. – Tchividjian, Tullian; Surprised by Grace: God’s Relentless Pursuit of Rebels; Crossway Books; Wheaton, Il; copyright 2010; p. 135
Jonah Doesn’t Understand the Promiscuity of God’s Love
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged God's Love, Jonah on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jonah doesn’t understand the promiscuity of God’s love. The fact that God’s love is unconditionally deep and wide and offered to all people without distinction frustrates Jonah. But God comes back and essentially says, “You don’t understand my love? I don’t understand yours! Just look, Jonah – you value plants more than people!” – Tchividjian, [...]
God’s Heart Is For a Multitude of People
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged God's Heart, Jonah, Jonah 4 on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This unusual ending (Jonah 4:11) prompts us to do what God is leading Jonah to do – to compare God’s heart with our own. Jonah’s heart – for purely selfish reasons – is reacting with intense emotion about a single, short-lived plant whose growth and nurture he had nothing to do with. But God’s heart [...]
What Was Jonah Running Away From?
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Grace, Identity, Jonah, Prophet on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jonah doesn’t get all this. He has depended on his unique national and religious pedigree to give his life meaning. His identity is not anchored in God, but in being an Israelite and a prophet. That’s why he runs when God asks him to go to his enemies and allow them, through God’s message and [...]
One of the Beauties of the Story of Jonah
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Jonah on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the beauties of this story (Jonah), however, is that in spite of the prophet’s self-righteous reticence, the Ninevites repent anyway. – Tchividjian, Tullian; Surprised by Grace: God’s Relentless Pursuit of Rebels; Crossway Books; Wheaton, Il; copyright 2010; p. 96
What Jonah’s Story Tells Us About God’s Amazing Grace
Posted in Tchividjian, Tullian, tagged Grace, Jonah on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
God’s second commissioning of Jonah lets us glimpse three aspects of God’s amazing grace: First, God doesn’t hold grudges. God doesn’t necessarily lighten the load. God is more interested in the worker than he is the work. – Tchividjian, Tullian; Surprised by Grace: God’s Relentless Pursuit of Rebels; Crossway Books; Wheaton, Il; copyright 2010; p. [...]
