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Think Jonah, think whale. Or should we? Actually no. The whale, or great fish, merely appears among the list of supporting cast, along with the worm which appears later in the account. Instead, the book is about the character of God. It shows us something of his burning holiness, something of his powerful and detailed ordering of events, and something of his tender mercy. In this easy-to-read...

Few of the Old Testament prophets saw any fruit for their labours. Mostly they were ridiculed or ignored altogether, but still they kept going. Jonah was an exception in two ways. First, he was spectacularly successful, both at home and abroad. Second, he deeply resented the task God had appointed him and, for that reason, he ran away. Jonah means ‘dove’. We usually think of a dove as a symbol of peace. Bearing in mind how desperate Jonah
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