The Heart of Anger

Christopher Ash, Steve Midgley (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2021
Crossway Books (Verlag)
978-1-4335-6848-0 (ISBN)

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Christopher Ash and Steve Midgley explore the root and character of human anger, examine the righteous anger of God, and offer readers practical wisdom about the way the gospel can gradually transform a heart of anger into a heart filled with the love of God.

How should Christians understand anger, evaluate it, and respond for good?

We all struggle with anger at times: Our plans suddenly fall through, we lose a prized possession, or our reputation is called into question. More often than not, when anger knocks at the doors of our hearts we easily allow it to take over. But what if getting to the heart of our anger also reveals the way to transform it?

Christopher Ash and Steve Midgley address this question by bringing to bear what the whole Bible has to say about sinful anger—revealing that anger is the sinful response when something we value more than God is taken away or threatened. They reflect on biblical portraits of human anger, God’s righteous anger, and how only the gospel of Jesus Christ brings true freedom—transforming a heart of anger into a heart filled with the love of God.

A survey of anger, looking at biblical examples from the Old and New Testaments
Explains how a proper understanding of God’s wrath through the gospel of Jesus Christ can transform human anger
Considers the role of the local church in the healing of anger

Christopher Ash is writer in residence at Tyndale House in Cambridge. He previously served as a pastor and church planter and as the director of the Proclamation Trust Cornhill Training Course in London. He and his wife, Carolyn, are members of Cambridge Presbyterian Church, and they have four children and numerous grandchildren. Steve Midgley is the executive director of Biblical Counselling UK (BCUK) and, for 18 years, was the senior minister of Christ Church Cambridge where he continues as a part-time assistant minister. He is a conference speaker and a board member both for the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) and the Biblical Counseling Coalition. He and his wife, Beth, have three children and two grandchildren.

Introduction: Anger and Why It Matters

Part 1: Biblical Portraits of Human Anger
Chapter 1: Anger and the Human Heart
Chapter 2: Getting to the Heart of Anger
Chapter 3: Anger and Harm
Chapter 4: Anger and Power
Chapter 5: Anger and Self-Righteousness
Chapter 6: Anger and Pride
Chapter 7: Anger and the Crowd
Chapter 8: Using Others to Serve our Angry Madness
Chapter 9: Righteous Anger?

Part 2: Leave Room for an Angry God
Chapter 10: The Anger of God Is Good
Chapter 11: The Anger of God Is Evident
Chapter 12: The Anger of God Is a Jealous Love
Chapter 13: The Anger of God Is Slow but Sure
Chapter 14: The Anger of God Is Revealed in Jesus
Chapter 15: Leave Room for an Angry God

Part 3: First Steps in Defusing Human Anger
Chapter 16: Contrast Our Own Anger with His in the Matter of Knowledge
Chapter 17: Expose the Agenda behind Our Anger: An Example from Parenting
Chapter 18: Feeling Mad: Uncovering the Emotions Hiding Beneath

Part 4: Find Joy in the Peace of Christ
Chapter 19: New Desires in Christ
Chapter 20: A New Crowd in Christ
Chapter 21: A New Peace in Christ
Chapter 22: A New Power in Christ
Chapter 23: A New Humbling from Christ
Chapter 24: A New Love from Christ
Chapter 25: Learn Wisdom in Christ

Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: A Checklist for Our Anger
Appendix 2: A Devotional Response to Our Anger
General Index
Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2021
Verlagsort	Wheaton, IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	273 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	1-4335-6848-9 / 1433568489
ISBN-13	978-1-4335-6848-0 / 9781433568480
Zustand	Neuware