Sleeping While We Perish

For our second week in our Jonah series, Corey Widmer shares on Jonah 1:4-17. We’ll explore how this passage challenges what our faith is for– not just for private and personal salvation, but for the common good of all people. Sources: - Daniel Timmer, A Gracious and Compassionate God - Hugh Martin, “Jonah” - Jack Sasson, Jonah (Anchor Bible Commentary) - Timothy Keller, The Prodigal Prophet * Keller’s interpretation of Jonah’s interaction with the sailors was the key principal on which this sermon is based. Also the closing story about Kees Sybrandi comes from Chapter 11. - Jonathan Haidt, “The Age of Outrage,” https://www.city-journal.org/html/age-outrage-15608.html - Robert Thune and Will Walker, The Gospel Centered Life - Mirsoslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace