Leading Bible study on Jonah 3 and 4

Scott1 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 02:17 PM

Does anyone have thoughts on major themes to bring out in a Bible study of Jonah 3 and 4?

I have Mr Calvin and Mr Henry's commentaries on this, any other suggested commentaries or study guides?

Backwoods Presbyterian · #2 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 02:26 PM

#1 - God's Sovereignty over EVERYTHING.

VirginiaHuguenot · #3 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 02:27 PM

I really like Hugh Martin and Patrick Fairbairn.

Can anyone recommend a good Jonah Commentary?

Links and Downloads Manager - Old Testament - Jonah: his life, character and mission -- Patrick Fairbairn - The PuritanBoard

My cousin once preached on "Doest Thou Well to Be Angry?" and that is a most humbling passage. So is the repentence of Ninevah. So many lessons there....

VirginiaHuguenot · #4 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 02:38 PM

Henry Smith, Twelve Sermons:

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All those that pitie Jonah, let them pitie themselves: for if we consider our own estate, we haue as many, and as foule sins in us, as there were in Ionah, yea, in Ninive.

***greenbaggins*** · #5 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008, 02:52 PM

Make sure that you read Herman Melville's chapter in Moby Dick entitled "The Sermon." It is a sermon on Jonah, and while you won't agree with everything in it, it is still a fantastic sermon with beautiful word pictures. As to who to read, I recommend Estelle, Ferguson, and Martin.