Episode 492: Bible Stories We Wish We Had, Part Three--Jonah's Answer

The biblical book of Jonah ends with an unanswered question: shouldn't God care about a whole city full of people (not to mention animals!), even if they are unworthy and wicked in Jonah's eyes? While many people know the first part of Jonah's story, with the great fish that swallows him, or even know about God's miraculous plant that grows up overnight to shade him, it's really this final question toward which the whole story drives. And yet we don't get an answer? How will WE respond when God turns out to be more gracious than we expected, or when God shows mercy to the people WE thought were unworthy?