Jonah wasn’t scared he’d fail. He was scared he’d succeed. God said, “Go to Nineveh.” Jonah said, “No thanks,” and boarded a ...

When you say, “God gave me this song,” it’s like you’re saying, “You have to like this, ’cause it’s from GOD.” ...

When Jonah, chastened, does what God asks of him and calls upon the city of Nineveh to repent, they do what he says. The people repent. God withholds his wrath. Everything goes as planned.

British poet William Ernest Henley published a short poem that expressed one way to cope with life’s circumstances.  The poem ...

Muslims believe in one God, all-powerful and ever present, uncreated, without beginning or end, completely sufficient to ...

Now Jonah reveals why he actually ran from God in the first place. He didn’t want to go to Nineveh because he knew the power of God’s Word. He despises the Lord’s mercy.

When Jonah realizes God wants him to confront the empire, he turns and runs. He catches the first boat to Tarshish. He has no intention of going to Nineveh. Big mistake.

Jonah took a ship from Joppa on the coast of Israel (Jonah 1:3), trying to get away from God. This was the Mediterranean Sea. Were there sperm whales in that body of water during Old Testament times?

Jonah is furious when God forgives Nineveh because that mercy turns Jonah into a false prophet. Jonah has been screaming about the city’s doom, and nothing happens.

Jonah is told by God that he must go to Nineveh and tell the people living there to lead better lives or God will punish them. But Jonah doesn't want to do God's bidding to he jumps aboard a ship ...

Jonah was spewed out by the great fish and he washed up on the shore. Then he was obedient to God and he went to Nineveh to proclaim a message of repentance: And Jonah began to enter the city on the ...

A primary school assembly framework for KS1, KS2 and P1 - P7. This assembly focuses on the importance of saying sorry and asking forgiveness. It includes the story of Jonah and the Whale from the ...