Love for the City

Series Title: The Gospel According to JonahSeries Summary: The story of Jonah invites us to consider the nature of God’s compassion and mercy to those who do not deserve it. It shows us that the Lord uses those we would least expect to declare his forgiveness.  In this story, we see that the Lord breaks open the barriers and expectations we have about who deserves mercy.  In this six-week series, we will consider how this story reveals to us the mercy of God and calls us to share that good news with others.Additional resources:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rediscovering Jonah⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Book by Tim Keller)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Prodigal Prophet⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Audio Book by Tim Keller)Bible Project on Jonah (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Course⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)Passages: Jonah 4:1-11Speaker: Omar OrtizIn our final sermon on Jonah, we’ll see God’s compassion on full display. The Lord pursues Jonah—first by providing him shelter, then by taking it away—in order to bring him to the point of considering God’s love for people, even for the city of Nineveh. The closing question forces us to consider how we might, like Jonah, be out of step with God’s compassion for others.