The Road to Redemption

Redemption, as defined by the dictionary, includes the following meanings: 

noun
1. an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed.

2. deliverance; rescue.

3. Theology . deliverance from sin; salvation.

4. atonement for guilt.

5. repurchase, as of something sold. 

Jonas Nightingale inadvertently goes on his own journey of redemption when he finds himself stranded in Sweetwater. Typically in order to be redeemed, you have to start off with some sort of sin. For Jonas it’s his shady ministry and glib con-man techniques that bilk people of their money. In modern day pop culture, there are several examples of people who found redemption.