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Concordia Seminary - Saint Louis

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The Myth Of “Righteous Anger” What The Bible Says About Human Anger, Jeffrey Gibbs Nov 2018

The Myth Of “Righteous Anger” What The Bible Says About Human Anger, Jeffrey Gibbs

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It is hard not to draw the conclusion that we live in a society that is characterized by constant anger and outrage. While it may not be unique to our current age, what is new is the way in which social media has provided a megaphone for expressing our anger, often to shame others into thinking and acting in ways we find acceptable. Of course, Christians are not immune either to feelings of anger (in so far as we are shaped by original sin) or the use of social media to express our outrage (in so far as we are …