What does it mean that God is slow to anger?

God being slow to anger means that He is patient, merciful, and long-suffering toward sinners. His anger is not impulsive or sinful like human anger, but righteous because He is holy.

Why is God’s anger righteous?

God’s anger is righteous because He is holy and just. He does not overlook evil forever, yet He patiently gives sinners time to repent and turn to Christ.

How should Christians respond to God’s patience?

Christians should praise God for His mercy, repent of sin, pray for unsaved loved ones, and bring anger, frustration, and spiritual warfare to the Lord.

How does this episode address New Age and New Thought spirituality?

This episode contrasts the biblical view of God with the one-dimensional view often found in New Age and New Thought spirituality, where God’s love is affirmed while His holiness, wrath, justice, and the gospel are denied.

God Is Slow to Anger: His Patience, Mercy, and Holy Justice

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God Is Slow to Anger: His Patience, Mercy, and Holy Justice

In this episode of New Age to Christ, Doreen Virtue continues the 52-week study of God’s attributes by considering the biblical truth that God is slow to anger.

Many people shaped by New Thought, New Age spirituality, or a one-dimensional view of God want to speak only of God’s love while rejecting His holiness, wrath, justice, and righteous anger toward sin. But Scripture reveals that God is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness and truth, and also holy, just, and unwilling to leave the guilty unpunished.Doreen explains why God’s slowness to anger is good news for sinners, why His patience should never be taken for granted, and how believers can respond with repentance, prayer, trust, and praise.

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Episode Summary

God’s anger is not sinful, impulsive, or quick-tempered like human anger can be. His anger is righteous because He is holy. His patience toward sinners reveals His mercy, but His slowness to anger does not mean He will overlook sin forever.This episode also encourages Christians to bring anger, frustration, discouragement, and spiritual warfare to the Lord rather than trying to manage life alone. Because God is slow to anger, believers can praise Him for His mercy, repent of sin, pray for unsaved loved ones, and trust Him in every circumstance.

Key Scriptures

Exodus 34:6
Romans 3:23
Nahum 1:3
Proverbs 14:29
James 3
Ephesians 4:26

In This Episode

Why God’s anger is righteous, not sinful or impulsive
How God’s patience reveals His mercy toward sinners
Why New Age and New Thought spirituality often reject biblical holiness
Why God’s slowness to anger should lead us to repentance
How Christians can pray when they feel angry, hurt, or discouraged
Why the gospel is our only hope before a holy God

Reflection Question

When you look back on your life, how has God’s slowness to anger shown you His patience and mercy when you sinned?

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Doreen Virtue

Doreen Virtue holds a Master’s degree in Biblical & Theological Studies with highest honors from Western Seminary (56 units / 2021), and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Chapman University. Prior to being saved by God‘s grace and mercy in 2017, Doreen was a psychotherapist specializing in women’s issues, rated in the top 15 most influential living spiritual teachers by Watkins, and the top selling new age author in the world. She was born and raised in new thought churches which she attended for 33 years, before segueing to new age and Wicca in 1991 while touring with a mind-body-spirit conference organization. Before her salvation, Doreen frequently appeared on Oprah, CNN, The View, Coast to Coast and other liberal secular media. After the Holy Spirit convicted her of her sins, while she read Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Doreen repented and gave her life to Jesus as her Lord and Savior. Doreen has been helping professing Christians to identify and avoid new age and new thought deception. Doreen volunteers in discipling women who’ve been saved out of New Age in a private Facebook group. Doreen was a speaker at the Answers in Genesis 2025 women’s conference at the Ark Encounter. She has been featured on American Gospel 3, American Gospel TV, Daily Wire, Moody Radio, Spillover, Christianity Today, Cultish, New York Magazine, Spiritual Counterfeits Project, Servants of Grace, and other Christian media.

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