{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Church Is Messy: Intro to Jonah","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2099,"description":"Rick and Svea introduce us to the book of Jonah and its timeframe in history. This is a book filled with comedy and satire; in many ways hundreds of years before its time, and yet is has profoundly important questions and themes it wants us to deal with.\nNote: this episode was recorded prior to the first message being given.\nTopics discussed in this episode:\n00:00 Intro.\n02:20 Background of the book of Jonah - it's like the arc of the entire Bible condensed into a few chapters.\n05:01 Synopsis of Jonah.\n08:33 The focus: are we aligned with the heart of God or will we insist on God doing something different.\n10:16 Two camps of thought regarding Jonah: the book as historical narrative or the book as parable.\n14:36 If we regard the book as parable are we removing some of the story's potency?\n16:00 Pride + Ignorance = Foolishness. Humility + Instruction = Wisdom.\n19:16 Coming to Scripture with preconceived ideas about what it says vs approaching the text in humility and letting it speak to us.\n22:14 In our scientific and post-Christian culture, Jonah is the sort of story people love to point to and discredit our faith or the credibility of the Bible.\n25:15 So, is Jonah historical narrative or is it a parable?\n32:15 What is the theme on which this series will focus?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}