Many people are already somewhat familiar with the story of Jonah. For a lot of us, our understanding of this epic story comes from our childhoods. However, the version of the book of Jonah we were given as kids is not the whole story.

Chapter four is a whirlwind. Jonah is angry about God's mercy on the Ninevites and exiles himself to watch everything unfold in Nineveh. What we see is a microcosm of Jonah's life so far. A life of self-righteousness and a distorted view of how God's mercy works. But in a cliff-hanger of an ending, we are left to figure out what to do with this story.