Released in the UK January 2012
Released in the US March 2012
Trade paperback | 160 Pages
9781845506391 • £7.99 $12.99
BISAC – REL006030
Jonah
Navigating a God Centred Life
Colin S. Smith
Facing an assignment equivalent to being sent to warn notorious terrorists of God's anger with them, perhaps it was no wonder that Jonah ran away - certainly portrayed in Scripture as no "super saint", he avoided God and His call on his life. Yet God turned the situation around as pagan sailors encountered the living God who made the land and sea and the entire population of a city realised that although they deserved to be wiped off the face of the earth, there was a God of compassion and mercy who forgave them.
God's mercy is greater than our failures and through adverse circumstances and pain, a character of Christ-like compassion is chiselled out.
Colin S. Smith
Colin S. Smith is Senior Pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. His preaching ministry is shared through the daily radio program, Unlocking the Bible and through his website, UnlockingtheBible.org.
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Christian Focus
No matter how well you think you know the story of Jonah, you will be blessed and enlightened by this book from a gifted pastor who has both a good grasp of Scripture and human nature. In these pages we see ourselves, running from God but always brought back by God's intervention and grace. In this helpful exposition we will recognize the same providence and patience of God in our lives as Jonah experienced. Read this book and share it with a friend.
Erwin Lutzer
Senior Pastor, Moody Church, Chicago, Illinois
The strength of the book is that it echoes the ministry of a prophet, speaking God's words into a culture which resists that word.
David Meredith
Mission Director, Free Church of Scotland, Inverness
"Expect to be humbled, convicted, challenged, comforted and changed. The heart-warming, inescapable conclusion is that salvation truly comes from the Lord."
Jonathan Prime
Pastoral Ministries Director, Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
"This outstanding book not only presents the exciting story of Jonah interestingly, it also applies the story so that God can speak into our personal lives through it."
Ajith Fernando
Teaching Director, Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka