Through this short story, Jonah has shown himself unwilling to accept God on His own terms.
Have no idols
I know better than God
Jonah has survived a terrible threat of death twice: once in the sea, and once in Assyria.
Taming a beast
Jonah was swallowed by a great fish, and survived by God’s kindness. Now he’s swallowed by a greater monster
The man is the message
Jonah was a prophet whose life was his message
Faith: dead or alive?
James’s Christian friends are struggling with hardship and difficulty. In such situations, it’s easy to react in ordinary human ways which, often, lead us down into sin
The triumph of mercy
James is correcting the worldly thinking which is influencing his distant Christian friends. They are living in Jewish communities where too much respect is paid to the rich and the poor are too easily dismissed.