7.14.19 Sunday School Horror Stories: Jonah & the Whale

THIS WEEK: 
"Man-Eating Monster Fish Sighted Off Coast of Joppa." 
Jonah and the whale is another one what has cute animals, right?

"The waters closed in over me; 
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were were wrapped around my head 
at the roods of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever...." -Jonah 2:5-6

This horror story has some truly terrifying elements. So much goodness in this one, too - come hear about the stubborn prophet who can offer healing truth to others but struggles in his own path. 

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Join us this summer as we revisit those classic bible stories adults love to tell to children: David & Goliath, Jonah & the Whale, Noah’s Ark, and more. We love to tell these stories to kids because they feature children and/or animals, but on closer examination, these stories are MESSED UP. 

Child soldiers, whales who swallow people whole, and (let’s face it) God’s genocide of basically the entire planet. We’ll revisit these stories with a more critical lens and discover that while the horror is real, so is the grace, beauty, and love of God.