The Prodigal Prophet Comes Home (Jonah 1:17–2:10)

About this episode

The episode explores Jonah's experience in the belly of the fish, focusing on themes of God's sovereignty and human obedience.

Share a comment Jonah disappears with a single gulp, and suddenly the story isn’t happening on stormy waves anymore. It’s happening in the dark, cramped place where excuses die and honesty finally starts. We dig into Jonah 2 and the moment so many people mock or try to explain away, not to win an argument about whales, but to ask the sharper question the text demands: is God sovereign enough to command what He created, and are we humble enough to obey? We talk about why Scripture repeats tha...

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Host: Stephen Davey

Topics covered

• prodigal prophet
• Jonah
• God's sovereignty
• obedience
• spiritual honesty

Keywords

• Jonah
• prodigal prophet
• God's sovereignty
• spirituality
• obedience

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Books & works: Jonah

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