Jonah

“THE BIG PICTURE”

Sunday, October 12th, 2025 | Tyler Daniels

Discussion Questions:

  1. What “gospel” truths does Jonah know about God? (See v. 2.) How do they inform the Gospel we know? Why does that message matter for those who don’t know it yet?

  2. Describe a time God has gotten your attention: for repentance, for a life-change, for a calling. What miracle moments changed your life’s trajectory? How have those moments rearranged your life’s concerns?

  3. How does your life—and the life of the church—reflect God’s kind of compassion for the nations? Is there evidence that we are thinking (and behaving) more like Jonah? Why should the abject lostness of the wider world stir us for God’s callings?

“TURN AROUNDS”

Sunday, October 5th, 2025 | Tyler Daniels

Discussion Questions:

  1. When have you experienced a “second time” opportunity, under God? Which callings, in your past, do you wish you had a second chance to obey? What kinds of callings are in front of you right now—and you’ve got to decide whether to obey or not?

  2. Consider Jonah’s message: How does God use a simple evangelism? In what ways are we overcomplicating the Gospel? How can you begin to share it simply? (Come up with some ideas, and give thought to the times and places you could actually say them.)

  3. What does it mean to be serious about repentance? What is the evidence of repentance in your own life? Where is there more work to do, as you respond to God’s grace, in Christ?

“LIFE PRESERVER”

Sunday, September 28th, 2025 | Tyler Daniels

Discussion Questions:

  1. Why is it important to remember that God’s big fish is a miracle (Jnh. 1:17)? How have we tried to outsmart the miracle? Why is trusting God’s miracles—for Jonah, and for us—a better apologetic?

  2. What details stand out in Jonah’s prayer? Why does it resemble so many Psalms? What prayers, verses, and truths have mattered in your own prayer life? How does this reemphasize our need for biblical devotion?

  3. What worship commitments does Jonah make, in response to God’s salvation? (See vv. 8-9.) How might these apply in our own lives? In what ways are you living into them—and in what ways do you still need to grow?

“ROLE REVERSAL”

Sunday, September 21st, 2025 | Tyler Daniels

Discussion Questions:

  1. In what ways are the lost people around you crying out for help? What religious things are they trying? How are we—Christians, your church, and you personally—engaging them? (And what are we missing or ignoring?)

  2. What does an authentic Christian identity look like? (Compare with Jonah’s out-of-order Hebrew identity, v. 9.) What does an out-of-order Christian confession look like? Which seems more prevalent in the church?

  3. What do you know that your lost, hurting, crying-out neighbors need? How can you share it with them?

“THE JONAH PROBLEM”

Sunday, September 14th, 2025 | Tyler Daniels

Discussion Questions:

  1. What are your big questions about the Book of Jonah? What things make it hard to believe? What, in Scripture, helps you to know it is true? (See 2 Kings 14:23-27, Matthew 12:38-41.)

  2. Consider this statement: “Jonah is the first-ever foreign missionary.” How does this affect your reading of the text? What lessons can be learned from Jonah’s calling by the believing church—specifically regarding who we might be sent to, for mission?

  3. How is Jonah a “negative example”? What does his biography teach us to expect, when we run from God’s callings? How does this help us understand the “silliness” of the Book of Jonah?