Category: Anger
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Anger, But Don’t Miss the Mark
If you read my older post, You Won’t Like Me When I’m Angry, you probably have a pretty good idea on my views about anger. In that post I pointed out the time Jesus flipped out on the money changers and how in Ephesians 4:26, 27 it says “‘Be angry, and do not sin’:do not let the…
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Lasting Happiness – The Greatest Lie Ever Sold
If you are waiting for the day when you will be “happy” all of the time, I have some news for you. It is never going to happen. I know that many people don’t like to hear this. They want to believe that if they could just get in the right situation they can “get…
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PTSS (Post Traumatic Slavery Syndrome)
Recently, I heard that another childhood acquaintance, who we called “Professor”, died from a gunshot wound. When my mom told me, I felt this wave of feelings pass through me and for a brief moment I felt like I might be next. It was a familiar feeling that I had grown up with—the persistent consciousness…
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We Are Worthy! A Theology of Liberation
This post is a little more personal than my other posts, but I thought it was worth sharing because for the past several weeks I have been having a difficult time reconciling my past with my present. It started when my Systematic Theology professor gave us an assignment to name our biggest influence on our…
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You Won’t Like Me When I Am Angry
In Ephesians 4:26, 27 it says “‘Be angry, and do not sin’:do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.” This is a verse that I have had to remind myself of more frequently in the past few years than I ever have before. In general I am…
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