The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God’s Mercy pdf

蒂莫西·凯勒（Timothy Keller）是一位美国牧师、神学家和基督教辩护者。他是 Redeemer City to City 的主席和联合创始人，该组织培训牧师在世界各地服务。他还是纽约市纽约市救世主长老会的创始牧师，以及《纽约时报》畅销书《浪子神：重拾基督教信仰之心》（2008 年）、《祷告：与神体验敬畏和亲密关系》的作者（2014 年）和上帝的理由：怀疑主义时代的信仰（2008 年）。后者的前传是《理解上帝：对怀疑论者的邀请》（2016 年）。凯勒出生在宾夕法尼亚州的阿伦敦，她的父亲是路易斯·A·凯勒（克莱门特）和电视广告经理威廉·B·凯勒。凯勒毕业于巴克内尔大学（BA，1972 年）、Gordon-Conwell 神学院（M.Div.，1975 年）和威斯敏斯特神学院，并在那里获得了博士学位。 1981年，在Harvie M. Conn的监督下。他在巴克内尔大学期间成为基督徒，由于校际基督教团契的事工，后来他担任了工作人员。他被美国长老会按立（ PCA）并在弗吉尼亚州霍普韦尔的西霍普韦尔长老会教堂担任牧师长达九年，同时担任 PCA 的植堂主任。他还曾在宾夕法尼亚州费城的威斯敏斯特神学院任教，在那里他和他的妻子凯西凯勒参与了城市事工。

The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God’s Mercy pdf 蒂莫西·凯勒

An angry prophet. A feared and loathsome enemy. A devastating storm. And the surprising message of a merciful God to his people.
The story of Jonah is one of the most well-known parables in the Bible. It is also the most misunderstood. Many people, even those who are nonreligious, are familiar with Jonah: A rebellious prophet who defies God and is swallowed by a whale. But there's much more to Jonah's story than most of us realize.
In The Prodigal Prophet, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller reveals the hidden depths within the book of Jonah. Keller makes the case that Jonah was one of the worst prophets in the entire Bible. And yet there are unmistakably clear connections between Jonah, the prodigal son, and Jesus. Jesus in fact saw himself in Jonah. How could one of the most defiant and disobedient prophets in the Bible be compared to Jesus?
Jonah's journey also doesn't end when he is freed from the belly of the fish. There is an entire second half to his story--but it is left unresolved within the text of the Bible. Why does the book of Jonah end on what is essentially a cliffhanger? In these pages, Timothy Keller provides an answer to the extraordinary conclusion of this biblical parable--and shares the powerful Christian message at the heart of Jonah's story.