The heart of anger : how the Bible transforms anger in our understanding and experience /
Ash, Christopher, 1953-
The heart of anger : how the Bible transforms anger in our understanding and experience / [print] Christopher Ash and Steve Midgley. - Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, (c)2021. - pages cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
INTRODUCTION : -- Anger and why it matters PART 1: BIBLICAL PORTRAITS OF HUMAN ANGER : -- Anger and the human heart -- Getting to the heart of anger -- Anger and harm -- Anger and power -- Anger and self-righteousness -- Anger and pride -- Anger and the crowd -- Using others to serve our angry madness -- Righteous anger? PART 2: LEAVE ROOM FOR AN ANGRY GOD : -- The anger of God is good -- The anger of God is evident -- The anger of God is a jealous love -- The anger of God is slow but sure -- The anger of God is revealed in Jesus -- Leave room for an angry God PART 3: FIRST STEPS IN DEFUSING HUMAN ANGER : -- Contrast our own anger with His in the matter of knowledge -- Expose the agenda behind our anger: An example from parenting -- Feeling mad: Uncovering the emotions hiding beneath PART 4: FIND JOY IN THE PEACE OF CHRIST : -- New desires in Christ -- A new crowd in Christ -- A new peace in Christ ; -- A new power in Christ -- A new humbling from Christ -- A new love from Christ -- Learn wisdom in Christ.
"Analyses the roots and character of human anger, opens up the good anger of God and of Jesus, and explores with pastoral sensitivity and practicality how the gospel can gradually transform anger"--
9781433568480
2020019834
Anger--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV4627.M629.H437 2021 BV4627
The heart of anger : how the Bible transforms anger in our understanding and experience / [print] Christopher Ash and Steve Midgley. - Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, (c)2021. - pages cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
INTRODUCTION : -- Anger and why it matters PART 1: BIBLICAL PORTRAITS OF HUMAN ANGER : -- Anger and the human heart -- Getting to the heart of anger -- Anger and harm -- Anger and power -- Anger and self-righteousness -- Anger and pride -- Anger and the crowd -- Using others to serve our angry madness -- Righteous anger? PART 2: LEAVE ROOM FOR AN ANGRY GOD : -- The anger of God is good -- The anger of God is evident -- The anger of God is a jealous love -- The anger of God is slow but sure -- The anger of God is revealed in Jesus -- Leave room for an angry God PART 3: FIRST STEPS IN DEFUSING HUMAN ANGER : -- Contrast our own anger with His in the matter of knowledge -- Expose the agenda behind our anger: An example from parenting -- Feeling mad: Uncovering the emotions hiding beneath PART 4: FIND JOY IN THE PEACE OF CHRIST : -- New desires in Christ -- A new crowd in Christ -- A new peace in Christ ; -- A new power in Christ -- A new humbling from Christ -- A new love from Christ -- Learn wisdom in Christ.
"Analyses the roots and character of human anger, opens up the good anger of God and of Jesus, and explores with pastoral sensitivity and practicality how the gospel can gradually transform anger"--
9781433568480
2020019834
Anger--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV4627.M629.H437 2021 BV4627