Happy Sunday,

The following is a draft section of my book, Broken News, scheduled for release in ~Fall 2027. 

I add/revise/cut content based on feedback from this newsletter each week, so if something stands out as wrong, confusing, or wow-that-actually-helped-please-don’t-change-it… hit reply and let me know!

Scriptural Basis
“That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.”

Jonah 4:2 (CSB)

What is your Nineveh?
The book of Jonah begins with God instructing Jonah to go to Nineveh and announce that the entire city will be destroyed in 40 days due to the evil they are committing. Unenthused with his mission, Jonah tries to sail away from God, is delivered back to shore via a “big fish,” and eventually, he reluctantly delivers the message to Nineveh.

Then, two surprising things happen:

In chapter 4 (read above), Jonah angrily prays that he had expected God to save Nineveh… and that was “why I fled.” Jonah was angry because he didn’t want Nineveh to be saved—he wanted it to be destroyed. 

Part of me wants to defend Jonah, even though he’s wrong (you can tell because he’s arguing with God). Nineveh was an evil place known for doing evil things like torturing prisoners, temple prostitution, and child sacrifices. God Himself called for Nineveh’s destruction! Jonah was simply hating the very same evil that God hated, and that’s a good thing.

The problem was… Jonah failed to also love who God loved.

God hated the evil of Nineveh, but loved the Ninevites. He was willing to destroy Nineveh, but He wanted to see the people of Nineveh turn away from evil.

I’m a lot like Jonah. There are lots of things I see in the world or in the news that are evil, and my first instinct is to want to see them destroyed. I want evil people to fail (preferably publicly, where I can watch). Unfortunately for me… God doesn’t. He doesn’t want to see the evil people destroyed; He wants to see them redeemed.

What is your Nineveh? What (or who) are you hoping will be destroyed, that you should actually be praying will be redeemed?

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