Question 1

Is it a sin to be angry?

Accepted Answer

Anger isn't the opposite of love — indifference is. Jesus got angry; Paul got angry; God gets angry. The Bible doesn't tell you not to feel it. It tells you not to let it run you, not to drag it into tomorrow, not to use it as fuel for revenge. Anger is information about what matters to you. The question is whether you let it move you toward what you care about, or destroy it.

Question 2

How do I deal with anger toward God?

Accepted Answer

Anger isn't the opposite of love — indifference is. Jesus got angry; Paul got angry; God gets angry. The Bible doesn't tell you not to feel it. It tells you not to let it run you, not to drag it into tomorrow, not to use it as fuel for revenge. Anger is information about what matters to you. The question is whether you let it move you toward what you care about, or destroy it.

Question 3

What does it mean that "in your anger, do not sin"?

Accepted Answer

Anger isn't the opposite of love — indifference is. Jesus got angry; Paul got angry; God gets angry. The Bible doesn't tell you not to feel it. It tells you not to let it run you, not to drag it into tomorrow, not to use it as fuel for revenge. Anger is information about what matters to you. The question is whether you let it move you toward what you care about, or destroy it.

Question 4

How do I stop blowing up at the people I love?

Accepted Answer

Anger isn't the opposite of love — indifference is. Jesus got angry; Paul got angry; God gets angry. The Bible doesn't tell you not to feel it. It tells you not to let it run you, not to drag it into tomorrow, not to use it as fuel for revenge. Anger is information about what matters to you. The question is whether you let it move you toward what you care about, or destroy it.

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