From time to time people ask me about Beth Moore. So, I decided to read one of her books, Believing God (published in 2004).

My overall impression: While there are many good things about the book, I would never recommend it. In fact, the weaknesses of the book are so significant that I would go so far as to discourage people from reading it - if they…click here to read more.

I recently preached on Psalm 4 , and mentioned in my sermon that the emotion of anger is not always sinful (see Psalm 4:4 and Eph. 4:26; this was certainly Paul’s view of the issue). Anger itself is simply a strong feeling or emotion of displeasure brought about by a real or perceived unfulfilled desire (see James 4 for a description).

While it isn’t always sinful, our flesh very often turns the emotion into a sinful response. This is the danger with anger.

In an article on anger in The Journal of Biblical Counseling David Powlison provides an excellent list of tests to ask and apply in order to discern if your anger is righteous from beginning to end, according to biblical guidelines.

Click here to find out what they are!