08/25/20 MESSAGE FROM JONAH #1 — Before I actually moved away to attend seminary, I actually preached a few times at my church, Central Baptist Church of Oak Ridge, TN. As I was preparing one such message, I read something by Rick Warren (Purpose Driven Church/Life—sound familiar?). He suggested that most of our sermon outlines were boring and useless. He said he had abandoned a “content” outline in favor of an “application” outline. I decided to try it. The Book of Jonah is four short chapters; I had already come up with my outline; but I decided to amend “application” to it. My completed outline and “talking points” were:

Chapter 1. The DISOBEDIENT Prophet—Running AWAY FROM the Lord: “I WON’T GO!”

Chapter 2. The DISCIPLINED Prophet—Running BACK TO the Lord: “I WILL GO!”

Chapter 3. The DYNAMIC Prophet—Running WITH the Lord: “I’M HERE NOW!”

Chapter 4. The DISAPPOINTED Prophet—Running AHEAD Of the Lord: “I SHOULDN’T HAVE COME!”

The response was to that message was amazing. But you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to hear about it.