Jonah: Not only a big fish, but loving your enemies

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we explore one of the weirdest and most fun books in the Old Testament. Most kids are told about how Jonah was swallowed by a big fish for three days and then vomited back on the beach. That is a fun image, but it is not what the book is really about. Instead it is about bullies and how God loves everyone, even them. Jonah is just a drama queen. He hates the bullies in Ninevah so much that he willing to go to the ends of the earth to not follow God's command. Instead, Jonah becomes a bully himself. The story is so absurd, but the fact of God's love is so much deeper than our own prejudices and hatred is the real story.