Church Is Messy: Jonah Week 2 - The Line

This week Rick and Svea look at Jonah 1:1-16. Jonah acts as an enemy of God and yet God shows him grace. They draw out a number a parallels between Jonah and Jesus and how they differ in their motivation.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:42 Where is the line?
• 06:51 Rick gets honest - some of his backstory.
• 10:29 God sets his heart on his enemies and loves his enemies like a son.
• 11:41 Jonah acts as an enemy of God but God shows him scandalous grace. 
• 18:14 Jonah is the entire Bible in miniature.
• 20:17 Jonah goes down in the ship to sleep; perhaps depression and trying to escape God?
• 21:47 Parallels between Jonah and Jesus (in Mark 4).
• 23:15 Studying Jonah has given Rick an even greater appreciated for baptism.
• 24:12 The symbolism of Jonah "going down" in chapter 1. Svea talks about "accident chains" from her aviation days.
• 27:47 Being vulnerable vs being exposed.
• 35:08 Jonah would rather die than carry a message of reconciliation. Jesus would rather die than NOT carry a message of reconciliation.