About this episode
The episode explores Jonah's anger after witnessing God's grace towards a repentant city, highlighting the struggle with grace for those deemed undeserving.
Share a comment Jonah pulls off what every preacher dreams about: a city turns from violence and idolatry, leaders and citizens repent, and God relents from judgment. Then the prophet storms off angry. That twist is not a footnote, it is the point, because it exposes how someone can know all the right words about God’s grace and still hate the idea of grace landing on the “wrong” people. We walk through Jonah chapter 4 as God asks three piercing questions that still hit home today: Do you ha...
People in this episode
Host: Stephen Davey
Topics covered
- grace
- repentance
- anger
- judgment
- God's questions
Keywords
- Jonah
- grace
- repentance
- anger
- God's judgment
- spirituality
- Christianity
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