Anger
Anger - Part 7: The God Who Handles His Anger — And Calls You to Do the Same
Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
If you have been following this series from the beginning, you already know the shape of it by now. Anger is not the sin. The sin is what you do with it. That sentence has been the thread running through everything — from the opening question of why we pretend Christians should never be angry, through the anatomy of righteous versus selfish anger, through Jesus’ unsettling teaching on the heart, through the psalms that give us permission to scream at God honestly, through Joseph and Moses and Paul showing us what it looks like when someone gets it right and when they do not, and through the sobering reality of what happens when anger goes unresolved and calcifies into bitterness.Anger - Part 6: When Anger Becomes a Way of Life — The Danger of Bitterness
Posted on Monday, May 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Anger is not the problem. You already know that if you have been following this series. The fire in your chest when you see injustice, when someone you love is hurt, when evil goes unchecked — that fire is not the enemy. The danger is what happens when that fire never goes out. The Escalation No One Talks About Ephesians 4:31 gives us a chilling outline of how anger moves when it is left untreated:Anger - Part 5: Joseph, Moses, and Paul — Righteous Anger Done Right
Posted on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
One of the most liberating truths in Scripture is this: it is possible to be angry and still walk in wisdom. The Bible does not leave us wondering whether righteous anger is achievable. It gives us people who lived it. Joseph, Moses, and Paul each faced situations that would have justified rage. Each of them responded with a kind of anger that honored God. Their stories are not fairy tales — they are evidence that controlled, purposeful anger is possible, even when the wound is deep.Anger - Part 4: Screaming at God Without Sinning
Posted on Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There is a particular kind of prayer that most of us have never been taught to pray. It goes something like this: God, I am furious. At You. Right now. And I am not going to pretend I am not. If that prayer makes you uncomfortable, you are not alone. But you may also be missing one of the most gifts the Psalms have to offer. The Bible does not give us a sanitized faith.Anger - Part 3: The Hardest Sermon I Ever Preached
Posted on Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There is a moment in the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus says something that makes any preacher quietly set down their notes and pray. It goes like this: “You have heard it said, ‘You shall not murder’… But I tell you, anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.” Wait. Let that land for a moment. The Old Testament law said you shall not murder. That is already a high standard.Anger - Part 2: The Anatomy of Anger
Posted on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Someone cuts you off in traffic. Your boss takes credit for your idea in front of the whole team. A friend ghosts you after years of friendship, no explanation. And before you even consciously register what’s happening, the heat is already rising. Anger doesn’t wait for permission. It just arrives. But here’s what most teaching on anger gets wrong: it jumps straight to the question of whether you should be angry, completely skipping the far more important question of what anger actually is.Anger - Part 1: God Gets Angry — So Why Do We Pretend We Should Not?
Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Someone walked into my office last week and said, “I need to apologize.” I braced myself. “I got angry at my daughter,” they continued. “I raised my voice. I felt terrible about it all day.” What struck me was not the anger itself — what struck me was the apology. As though being angry automatically meant they had done something wrong. As though anger, by its very nature, was a failure of spiritual maturity.