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The book of Jonah is mostly remembered for its oddity—a runaway prophet swallowed by a whale! But there must be more to the book than that. And indeed there is. For one thing, it is a book artfully constructed, with one chapter devoted to a psalm. It is a book that will reward careful reading and meditation. But more than that, we find, in the drama of Jonah, the charted course not just of this...

possession of individuals. It cannot be customized, being tailored to suit the particular predilections and fancies of those concerned with theological nicety or human fulfilment. The pursuit of theological precision, as of personal well-being, identity, sense of meaning, destiny, ambition or security, will always prove elusive and empty when sought for its own sake. Scripture urges the pursuit of God alone. ‘Seek me and you shall live’1 and ‘Seek first his kingdom’2 are two among many possible passages
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