Is it possible to sell a product you don’t believe in? How motivated does one have to be to persuade a client, be it one individual or indeed a whole nation with a message in which you have zero confidence? Well, apparently Jonah pulled it off! (See Jonah 3:1-10) Admittedly, Jonah’s message is full of the fireContinue reading “Jonah – the reluctant persuader”
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Jonah – more than a Whale of a Tale!
… and there is no whale – the text refers to a “large fish” which is only incidental to the hermeneutical thrust of the story! It is considered that the story of Jonah is a corrective cautionary tale to the purists of the era of Ezra and Nehemiah and the reestablishment of the Hebrew nation followingContinue reading “Jonah – more than a Whale of a Tale!”
Jonah the Bogan
Jonah was Israel’s bogan*. He drove a lime green V8 ute* with a bright chrome roo bar, chrome twin exhausts, chrome wheel rims and a CB radio with a tall antenna from which, on important national days, he could fly his country’s flag. The esky* toting vehicle was festooned with bumper stickers – “Love itContinue reading “Jonah the Bogan”
Wondering Pilgrim 