The Amazing Jonah Part 1: Running From Your Life

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The Amazing Jonah Part 1: Running From Your Life

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Aug 14, 2017

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Many of us know the story of Jonah as the one about the guy who got swallowed by a whale. And while that did happen, it’s only a couple sentences of the story!

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Aug 14, 2017

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Welcome to Exploring My Strange Bible by Tim Mackie, lead theologian and co-founder of BibleProject.

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