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But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” Then the Lord said, “You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left and also many animals?” ~ Jonah 4:9-11
It seems like Jonah has made his presence known often in worship over the last couple of years. He was one of the Faces of Our Faith in our summer sermon series last year and just this past summer he appeared in our Come to the Water summer sermon series. And now, here he is again in our Narrative Lectionary reading for this Sunday.
Jonah, Again?
This time I will focus on the end of Jonah’s story, the part we probably read less often. At the end of the story Jonah is in a bad mood because God decided that the Ninevites are not so bad after all and spares their city. That makes Jonah really mad. On Sunday, I’ll talk about why Jonah is mad and the lessons we can learn from God’s response.
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But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.” Then the Lord said, “You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left and also many animals?” ~ Jonah 4:9-11
It seems like Jonah has made his presence known often in worship over the last couple of years. He was one of the Faces of Our Faith in our summer sermon series last year and just this past summer he appeared in our Come to the Water summer sermon series. And now, here he is again in our Narrative Lectionary reading for this Sunday.
Jonah, Again?
This time I will focus on the end of Jonah’s story, the part we probably read less often. At the end of the story Jonah is in a bad mood because God decided that the Ninevites are not so bad after all and spares their city. That makes Jonah really mad. On Sunday, I’ll talk about why Jonah is mad and the lessons we can learn from God’s response.