On this 10th anniversary of 9/11, our feelings are quite naturally torn.

We are created in God’s image, so evil & injustice are abhorrent to us

[at least, when evil is done to us!  Ironically, when we personally do evil, we want mercy & forgiviness; but when evil is done to us, we cry out for justice!  We are all self-centred hypocrites in this regard!]

What about when mercy is shown to us, as with the prophet Jonah?

This past Sunday (the 9/11 anniversary), we considered the book of Jonah and it’s surprising message:  God’s missionary heart for a rebellious world.

Disobedient Jewish Jonah was shown great mercy from God;

Disobedient Gentile Nineveh was shown great mercy from God.

What was Jonah’s attitude about the opportunity to share God’s news to terrorists of a foreign land?

What should our attitude as Christians be today, as we remember 9/11?

What is God’s attitude?  What is the “lost message” of Jonah?

Read (or listen to) last Sunday’s sermon – Jonah and 9/11 – and find the surprising, even confronting, but certainly world-transforming answers!

May God shine His Light to the world through us, recipients of His unfathomable mercy in Christ, the Light of the World,

Pastor Dave