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The Heart of Anger: How the Bible Transforms Anger in Our Understanding and Experience is unavailable, but you can change that!

Each person experiences anger—in their own hearts and in the words and actions of others. In this doctrinal, pastoral, and practical book, Christopher Ash and Steve Midgley explore the Bible’s teaching about anger through biblical examples such as Moses, Saul, David, and the Ephesian church as well as present-day accounts. Though sometimes right and godly, anger is more often rooted in greed,...

had been spoiled by God’s outbreak of anger. And he was also afraid. At the heart of his anger was a love of being in control and the fear of losing that control. Both Nebuchadnezzar and David get angry because they lose control in the present tense. In other places, the Bible shows how it is the fear of a possible future loss of control that can trigger anger. King Saul is angry when he sees that his control of the kingdom is threatened by the young David. In 1 Samuel 15–17 we watch the Lord’s rejection
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