Many people think there is only one way to miss God: to run from Him through flagrant disobedience and outright rebellion. But there is another far more subtle way to miss Him: by going through the motions of "obedience" with a heart that is far from Him. Using the work of Tim Keller in "The Prodigal God" and the "The Prodigal Prophet", this sermon explores how Jonah misses God in Jonah 4:1-4 in this second way, producing anger, superiority, slavishness, and emptiness in his heart. It then examines how God pursues his wayward prophet once again, seeking to reorient his heart around mercy.

July 31, 2022