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    learning about Jonah and why he ran away from God’s command. First Jonah was commanded by God to go to Nineveh, instead of going to Nineveh, he went to Yaffo and got on a boat to Tarshish. By making a bad mistake, Jonah made the sailors pay for his consequence with a big storm. When the sailors asked Jonah who he was he said, “I’m a Hebrew I fear the Lord, God of Heavens, and the creator of the land and the sea.” When he was thrown into the sea, God sends a big fish comes and swallowed Jonah.…

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    Hey Jonah “ Get ready for school, now” “OMG I am” said Jonah” So the long day went on as Jonah, Chris, and Tanner got out of school they met at the border of Milvill in New York. The three friends would joke around in the dark, gloomy streets. After a while, they all tripped and landed on a box that said “Caution Danger do not open”. Tanner reached out to grab it. Chris said “NOOOO” “ It says Danger in Big Back Words!” Tanner didn't care he opened it and in the box was “A cute little Penguin…

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    something precious from Jonah in order to destroy it. It is a way that the prophet bitter tastes the dive judgment, as God is presented here as all powerful. Maybe, the prophet might understand what would mean the destruction of the Ninevites. The following verse refers to the sunrise, which means that the attack of the worm was during the night, probably when Jonah was resting. Jonah 4:8: “When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah 's head so that…

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    of the poem of Jonah. Scholars have debated about who written the poem of Jonah through him or Insert the later poem. Second, the understanding of the Jonah ‘poem. Some people view is Jonah’s poem is about contents of the convert, On the other hand, There are views that look that still reflects of Jonah's Poem is Jonah's negative attitude. Furthermore, it is development about the third problem. In other words, what is the problem of Jonah’s poem of function in the book of the Jonah? This paper…

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    Carter’s message was that God can use Jonah better broken that he can whole. I even thought this caught my attention I don’t quite understand why God uses pain to correct us or anoint us. T.D Jakes once said that “anointing comes the pressing of God. He compared it to the olive and how in order…

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    What do we learn from this true story? Jonah was peacefully sleeping on a lower deck (Jonah 1:4-5). This forms another parallel to Christ’s life as Jesus also slept through a fierce storm that his disciples thought would sink their boat (Luke 8:22-25). Lessons: A. No one can outwit or manipulate God to one’s own human purposes. Jonah’s attempt to guarantee his own desired end for Nineveh by disobeying God resulted in the exact opposite outcome which Jonah anticipated. WHAT IS PLANNED FOR EVIL,…

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    Contagious is a book written by Jonah Berger, explaining why some products and services catch on while others are failed. In Contagious, “Berger reveals the secret science behind word-of-mouth and social transmission. Discover how six basic principles drive all sorts of things to become contagious, from products and services to policy initiatives and YouTube videos.” The six principles are Social Currency, Triggers, Emotion, Public, Practical Value, and Stories. Also refer to as STEPPS,…

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    Three Types Of Power

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    Authoritarian Power: the leader giving out orders. 4. Laissez-faire Leadership: the leader gives up and everyone splits. 5. Coercive Power: threatening someone to get something done. I recommend this movie because there are hilarious actors such as Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, and Emma Stone. If you’re into comedy movies with crude humor, then you’ll love…

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    very uncomfortable. In The book of Jonah, Jonah is faced with similar circumstances. Jonah prayed to God for a message to give to a city. God answered and told Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell the people to repent for all of their sins or their city would be destroyed by God. Nineveh was a very unsafe and dangerous city. The word that the bible used to describe nineveh was ra’ah which means wickedness. Jonah did not listen to God because he feared for his life. Jonah knew that in the lawless city…

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    In ‘We, Robots’ by Jonah Lehrer, he started with a more positive book, Life on the Screen, from Sherry Turkle, but then hit hard with the phrase ‘optimism is long gone’ after he started to explain Alone Together. Lehrer used many examples to explain Turkle’s frame of reference of the digital world. The first two affects the reader with emotion. Using Roxxxy as an example really stuck me as the reader. He quotes Turkle to make sure the reader understands how she believes that technology is…

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