by David Gibson<\/p>\n
Anger, like gasoline, is volatile, explosive, and dangerous. It must be handled with utmost caution.\u00a0In our world today, we are witnessing a volcano of rage, leading to deadly consequences.<\/p>\n
The Scriptures offer at least two guidelines for managing anger.<\/p>\n
First, be “slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God<\/em>” (James 1:19-20 NASB; see Proverbs 14:29).<\/p>\n Second, “Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity<\/em>” (Ephesians 4:26-27).<\/p>\n While anger is appropriate on some occasions (Mark 3:5), it can so easily lead to sin. James teaches us to have a long fuse. Paul teaches us to extinguish our anger by day’s end. In other words, be slow <\/b>to anger, but quick <\/b>to end it.<\/p>\n Putting these safety barriers around anger is an effective way to control one of the most dangerous emotions known to man.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by David Gibson Anger, like gasoline, is volatile, explosive, and dangerous. It must be handled with utmost caution.\u00a0In our world today, we are witnessing a volcano of rage, leading to deadly consequences. The Scriptures offer at least two guidelines for managing anger. First, be “slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1503],"class_list":["post-94170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-anger"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24955,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/when-is-anger-appropriate-and-when-is-it-sinful\/","url_meta":{"origin":94170,"position":0},"title":"When is anger appropriate and when is it sinful?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I've been pondering this for some time, and I'd like to hear your thoughts.\u00a0 When, if ever,\u00a0should we be angry, and if there is such a time, what should we do with that anger?\u00a0 I know that feeling angry is not necessarily a sin (Eph. 4).\u00a0 And I know\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8761,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/anger\/","url_meta":{"origin":94170,"position":1},"title":"Anger","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 31, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton There are many misconceptions about anger in our world. The misunderstandings do not come from a lack of experience with anger. Far too many people have never attempted to control their rage. They have daily experience with anger. The misconceptions about anger come from taking extreme\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Anger.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1745,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-you-handle-people-with-hot-tempers\/","url_meta":{"origin":94170,"position":2},"title":"How do you handle people with hot tempers?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 28, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How do you handle people with hot tempers? Answer: The Bible speaks of two types of anger: the quick, fly-off-the-handle, hot-tempered people; and the slow, methodical, vengeance seeking people. Both are dangerous, for different reasons. We are told, \"But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":82215,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-not-letting-the-sun-go-down-literal\/","url_meta":{"origin":94170,"position":3},"title":"Is “not letting the sun go down” literal?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does Ephesians 4:26 literally refer to the setting sun, do not let your anger reach tomorrow, or does it mean that you should not end your life with anger? 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Hamilton Text: Ephesians 4:25-5:2 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Bible speaks of two types of anger \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The quick, fly-off-the handle, hot tempered anger \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The slow, methodical, vengeful anger \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Both are dangerous for different reasons \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0D.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Colossians 3:8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Orge (anger) is the slow building type of anger \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thumos (wrath) is the passionate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Applying the brakes<\/h2>\n