Tuesday Bible Study (1/26), 7 PM--Jonah: the Unwilling Prophet
Channel: Holy Trinity Church East Pittsburgh
Date: 27/01/2021

Jonah was a buffoon: this is what makes him so endearing.  We see ourselves in him.

Jonah was to prophets like "Johnny English" is to James Bond, or "Frank Durbin" in Naked Gun is to police detectives.  They always seem to get to the right place at the right time, but it always seems to be by accident.  Jonah's journey is a litany of anecdotes about how not to be a good prophet. 
 
Amazingly, despite Jonah, God's mercy is made known and the people of Nineveh are spared. Even this galls Jonah because his reputation was more important to him than the people of that great city.