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Have you ever heard someone say, “God is a God of love, but He is also a God of justice?” Usually this is said in the context of a discussion on hell. You might object to the idea of torturing people forever in hell as being not very loving, and the other person might say, “Well, you know, God is a God of love, but He is also a God of justice.”

In other words, God wants to forgive, but He must be just. He must punish sin. It this true? Must God punish people for their sin? Does God punish people for sin? While it is true that God is both merciful and just, both forgiving and just, the question is “How?”

This is what we discuss in this study of Jonah 4:7.

The Text of Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm at the rising of the dawn the next day to attack the vine so that it withered.

In this discussion of Jonah 4:7 we look at:

The worm that God sent to attack the plant
Why the rising of the sun hints at justice
Why Jonah wants justice
Why God does not want justice
Why God cannot both forgive AND give justice

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The Cheat Sheet to Difficult Greek Verbs

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Kregel Publishing sent me a review copy of the book, The Handy Guide to Difficult and Irregular Greek Verbs. As any student of Greek knows, there are numerous Greek verbs that make absolutely no sense when it comes to their principal parts. This handy little book (it’s only 80 pages) pulls all these words together and arranges them by order of frequency.

In my personal Greek notes, I have a sheet from one of my Greek professors, Dr. Elodie, on “The Dirty Dozen” and another one from Dr. Hoe which contains a larger list. You can download the Cheat Sheet to Irregular Greek Verbs here. I apologize for the scribbles all over these sheets.

The book, of course, is quite helpful, as it provides a much more detailed list of irregular Greek verbs, arranged by frequency, as well as an alphabetical list in the back. There is also a short chapter on the tricky eimi conjugation.

These sorts of guides and cheat sheets are not provided for the purpose of memorizing these difficult words. As the authors point out, after two or three semesters of Greek, the best thing a Greek student can do is simply take out their Greek New Testament and read, read, and read some more. As the student comes across words they do not understand, they should look them up in a Greek lexicon.

Sometimes, however, the student looks up the word in the lexicon, and cannot find it. This is often because the word might be one of the difficult Greek verbs. In this case, a quick and easy guide such as this book, or the cheat sheets above, might be useful. Over time, as the student reads, they will find that they need to refer to these tools less frequently.

So if you are learning Greek, or looking for a good tool to help you learn the difficult and irregular Greek verbs, I recommend you get a copy of this short little book and keep it close by as you read your Greek New Testament.

Jonah 4:6 – What is Evil?

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What is evil? Do you know evil when you see it? We all think we know what evil is, that we can recognize it, and that we are able to accurately judge between good and evil.

But we see today from Jonah 4:6 that judging between good and evil should be left up to God.

The Text of Jonah 4:6

And Yahweh God prepared a vine to grow up over Jonah, to provide shade for his head, to rescue him from evil. And Jonah rejoiced over the vine; he greatly rejoiced.

In this discussion of Jonah 4:6 we look at:

The plant that God caused to grow over Jonah
Why this plant was used by God to deliver Jonah from evil
What this tells us about the nature of evil
Why Jonah was so happy about the plant

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Jonah 4:5 – Is God a Social Justice Warrior?

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The Text of Jonah 4:5

But Jonah went out from the city and sat down to the east of the city and made there for himself a shelter, and sat in its shade while he waited to see what would happen to the city.

In this discussion of Jonah 4:5 we look at:

The similarities between Elijah and Jonah
Why it is significant that Jonah went out the east gate of Nineveh
What we know about Jonah’s little shelter
What God wants to teach us about His justice

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Jonah 4:4 – Have You Ever Been Angry at How God Runs the World?

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Have you ever been angry at how God runs the world?

I was listening to a podcast recently which had an atheist on the show, and he said this to the Christian who was interviewing him, “If your God exists, then your God sucks. I could do a better job running the world than He is. Why doesn’t He stop the wars, and the violence, and the rapes, and the murders?”

Have you ever felt like that? I’ll be honest, I have.

And Jonah did too.

This is one reason the book of Jonah was written. It shows a prophet who is angry at God for how God runs the world. And we see in the book what God says to Jonah about it.

This is what we learn in this study of Jonah 4:4.

The Text of Jonah 4:4

Then Yahweh said, “Is doing good infuriating to you?”

In this discussion of Jonah 4:4 we look at:

A story about “John” that helps us understand Jonah
God’s question to Jonah about why Jonah was angry
God’s invitation to question how He runs the world

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Jonah 4:7 – Is God a God of Love AND Justice?

The Text of Jonah 4:7

In this discussion of Jonah 4:7 we look at:

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The Cheat Sheet to Difficult Greek Verbs

Jonah 4:6 – What is Evil?

The Text of Jonah 4:6

In this discussion of Jonah 4:6 we look at:

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Jonah 4:5 – Is God a Social Justice Warrior?

The Text of Jonah 4:5

In this discussion of Jonah 4:5 we look at:

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Jonah 4:4 – Have You Ever Been Angry at How God Runs the World?

The Text of Jonah 4:4

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