THE MESSAGE OF JONAH
By Rosemary Nixon
IVP. 220 pages. £9.99
ISBN 0 85111 898 4
I really love my 'Bible Speaks Today' commentaries. As a preacher who tries to faithfully expound and relevantly apply the purpose of each portion of Scripture, it has been a great advantage to have the help of a series that essentially approaches the text that way. So I eagerly look forward to each new book and snap them up as soon as I see them.
But I have to confess some disappointment with this one. Not that there aren't good things in it, for there are, and at times in abundance. I particularly appreciated the underscoring of the depth and complexity of the believer's experiences, and the magnifying of the graciousness of God. Yet having read and used it to help me preach through Jonah at my home church, I have misgivings.
