Ed Welch- A Small Book About A Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

Episode 132– Ed Welch- A Small Book About A Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace

Welcome to the 132nd episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins talks with Dr. Ed Welch about his book A Small Book About A Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace (New Growth Press, 2017)

What you’ll hear in this episode

Anger and spiritual growth.
The blinding nature of anger.
The differences between men and women when it comes to anger and how they change.
Learning how to be alert to our problem with anger.
The difference between righteous and unrighteous anger.
Praying for difficult people and entrusting them to the Lord.
Some proper ways to deal with anger.
How Pastors and ministry leaders can better minister to angry people.
Listening as a form of hospitality and being humble.

About the Guest:

Ed Welch is a counselor and faculty member at CCEF. He has been counseling for more than thirty years and has written extensively on the topics of depression, fear, and addictions. His books include Shame Interupted: How God Lifts the Pain of Worthlessness and Rejection, Running Scared, and A Small Book About a Big Problem: Meditations on Anger, Patience, and Peace.

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Dave Jenkins( Executive Director )

Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.