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Tag Archives: anger
Is God an Angry Person?
Is God an angry person? Someone might object that even to ask the question is to denigrate the God whom the Bible declares “is love.” Further, is it not misleading to speak of God as a person? The Bible plainly states that “God is not human.” To refer to the Deity as a “person,” someone might argue, is to use overly human terms.
This second objection needs to be answered before the first can be addressed. Christian theology, unlike pantheism, understands God to be a person; in fact, to be “the” person. Humans, unlike some other created beings, are persons precisely because they were made “in the image of God” with the intention that they should in some sense become like God.
If God is then a person – albeit more than a person – one might further ask if he is an angry person. Indeed, this is precisely what many of the new atheists have asserted about the Christian God. Richard Dawkins, for example, described God as “the most unpleasant character in all of fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser…” He goes on like this with ten more contemptuously descriptive terms.
Before such a verbal onslaught, many of us cry, “Foul.” Dawkins descriptions ignore most of the biblical revelation and misrepresent what is left.
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Posted in Bible, Theology
Tagged anger, Does God get angry?, God's love, Richard Dawkins on God
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Slow to Anger (James 1:19-21)
Is anger negatively impacting your life? This 26-minute sermon may help. Just click and listen. http://clovermedia.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/store/79806b0d-0c80-4d63-83ea-040d8666d19a/5830061f93/audio.mp3
Posted in Faith, Lifestyle, relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged anger, effects of anger, Slow to anger
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Can Hope Be Found in Present-Day America?
I was once on a college campus for a conference that featured a prominent biologist as a keynote speaker. During his talk, he defended Darwinian evolutionary theory from attacks by other academics. Whether his defense was successful or not was … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith
Tagged anger, Darwin, evolutionary theory, fall of communism, fear, hoe, Marx, mid-term elections, national discourse, President Obama
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Common Ways – and One Uncommon Way – to Handle Conflict
The beginning of a new year can serve as a catalyst for dealing with old problems, including long-standing relational conflicts. Every family – every person – experiences conflict. Two people are all that it takes to set the stage and … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, Marriage and Family
Tagged anger, conflict resolution, counselor, eHarmony, Luke 6:27, Luke 6:35, Neil Warren, Prodigal Son
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Awash
I once asked a retired public school teacher friend what was the biggest change during his thirty years of teaching, from the sixties to the nineties. Without even taking time to reflect he answered: “The language people use – both … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Lifestyle
Tagged anger, civil discourse, contempt, expletives, foul-mouth, James 1:20, Jesus, Luke 6:45, profanity, public school, Romans 12:21, rudeness, violent speech
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No one needs another reason to be angry
Pundits keep telling us that Donald Trump has succeeded thus far by tapping into a deep-seated anger within the electorate. A CBS poll seems to bear this out: Mr. Trump enjoys a double-digit lead among voters who self-identify as angry. … Continue reading
The well-tempered person
Controlling anger is a big issue for many people. “I’ll admit it,” they say. “I have a real temper.” But they’re mistaken. The problem is they have not been tempered enough. “Tempering” is a process that increases strength and elasticity. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Lifestyle, Marriage and Family, Spiritual life
Tagged anger, child-rearing, controlling anger, devil's foothold, Ephesians 4:26, gossip, malice, profanity, strife, temper, tempering
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