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Podcast: Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Episode: Jonah 4:1-11: Should Jonah Be Angry?
Description: The account of Jonah doesn’t end with Nineveh’s repentance; the prophet tells us his angry reaction. Jonah despises the LORD’s forgiveness for “those people,” and so he despises the LORD. Yet the LORD calls Jonah back. The LORD first appoints a plant to give Jonah shade. Soon, however, the LORD appoints a worm to kill the plant and take away Jonah’s shade, and then the LORD appoints an east wind to make Jonah miserable. When Jonah becomes angry over the plant, the LORD points out that Jonah has pity over something that he had not planted or grown. In...