Runaway Prophet - Jonah (Study Guide)
Overview
In this fascinating study of Jonah, Dr. Jeremiah explains the four miracles God uses to gradually peel back the layers from the heart of a prodigal prophet. You will discover what is keeping you from doing God's will in your own life.
Top Highlights
“What Jonah didn’t understand is that whenever God calls us or commands us to do something, he enables us to do it. Jonah heard clearly what God said, but he did as a lot of believers have done, and continue to do today—he failed to believe. And ‘whatever is not from faith is sin’” (Page 11)
“When we get involved in walking away from God, we can’t just get back on another ship that takes us directly back home and have everything the way it was.” (Pages 13–14)
“Jonah’s sleep in the bottom of the ship was more than physical. He was closing his eyes to the reality of his sin and the danger he was bringing to others.” (Page 27)
“He is going to keep after us and make us miserable and send storms into our lives that will disrupt everything until we finally come to our senses.” (Page 15)
“You can run from God inside church as fast as you can on the outside, because running from God is a matter of the heart.” (Page 15)
- Title: The Runaway Prophet: Jonah (Study Guide)
- Author: David Jeremiah
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 1998
- Logos Release Date: 2004
- Pages: 125
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Christian life
- ISBNs: 9781418591311, 1418591319
- Resource ID: LLS:53.10.124
- Resource Type: text.monograph.study-guide
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-04-24T22:15:44Z
David Jeremiah (1941– ) is an author, evangelist, and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church. Jeremiah holds degrees from Cedarville University and Dallas Theological Seminary. Before becoming the pastor at Shadow Mountian in 1981, Jeremiah began a church in Indiana and developed a Christian grade school.
In 1982, Jeremiah founded Turning Point Ministries: a 30-minute radio program that can be heard on over 1,800 stations worldwide. Jeremiah received numerous awards for his broadcasting and has served on the Board of Directors for the National Religious Broadcasters since 1996. Turning Point later launched a television program which offers a worship service and Bible study lesson.
Jeremiah is the author of numerous books on Christian theology topics including What the Bible Says about Angels, Sanctuary, Prayer: The Great Adventure, and many more. All of these titles, and numerous other study guides, commentaries and devotions by Jeremiah, can be found in the Jeremiah Lifeworks Library 2.0.
Reviews
3 ratings
Robert Doleshal
8/21/2015
MJ. Smith
7/1/2014
A serious disappointment because its questions for application were not based on the text of Jonah itself but on theological presumptions of the author. Its not that I don't expect theological bias, I do. But I expect that bias to be secondary to the text of the passage under discussion. Concrete example: The very first question is: "Why is it important that the story of Jonah is historically accurate in all its details?" It is not that the question can't be asked - but the answer is not in the first passage of Jonah, the text under study. The second question asked is: "What difference does it make to you that Jesus Christ believed the story of Jonah?" Here my complaint is not only that the question is not based on the text under study but also we do not know precisely how Jesus understood the book of Jonah. Later chapters have application questions that are more closely tied to the text, the final chapter having some excellent summary questions, but the book as a whole never recovers from its bungled beginning.
Bill Shewmaker
3/12/2014
