God’s Persistence with Jonah

The story of “Jonah and the whale” is a tale that most children are taught in Sunday school. Most of us probably have flannelgraph images in our minds and can easily recount the events that happened. Yet many of us might have missed the profound work that God was doing and the incredible depths of His mercy and grace. In this lesson, Dr. Thomas explains the disobedience of Jonah and his unconventional “imprisonment” that leads to valuable lessons for both Jonah and us.

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Derek Thomas

Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series Romans 8 and author of many books, including Heaven on Earth, Strength for the Weary, and Let Us Worship God.