Jonah: The backslider's return

Sinclair Ferguson  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Nov 1997
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Jonah: The backslider's return

Hymn writer Robert Robinson. Source: Wikimedia Commons

How is it possible for a child of God to backslide badly from the presence of God?

Does Jonah's story give us some of the telltale signs of spiritual desertion and is there a clue as to how we may be restored?

One of my favourite hymns is that of Robert Robinson:

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