Robert D. Jones-- Anger: Calming Your Heart

Robert D. Jones– Anger: Calming Your Heart

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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave Jenkins and Dr. Robert D. Jones have a wide-ranging conversation on righteous and unrighteous anger and how it affects our walk with God and relationship with others, along with his book, Anger: Calming Your Heart (P&R, 2019)

What you’ll hear in this episode

The four assurance people need to deal with their anger.
Paul’s principle of putting off the flesh and putting on Christ and how this principle helps Christians who struggle with anger.
Why it’s so crucial for people to understand the righteous wrath of God before Christians talk with others about righteous and unrighteous anger.
What righteous anger is and how we can know if we have righteous or unrighteous anger in our lives.
How prayer helps address our issues with anger.
Some strategies to use for those who struggle with sinful anger when they feel it is coming on.
What it looks like to overlook sin, including when to do this and how to do it well.
How Christians who struggle with sinful anger can learn to be patient and gracious with others.
Some principles pastors and biblical counselors can use when counseling those who struggle with sinful anger.
How biblical lament helps Christians address anger in their lives.
Advice for Christian parents struggling to deal with their angry child.

About the Guest

Robert D. Jones (DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary) is associate professor of biblical counseling at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a founding member of the council board of the Biblical Counseling Coalition and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society.

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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.