Things from the episode:

• Anger is a God-given emotion
• Anger can be good or bad
• In anger, we need to ask, Are my words giving life or are they giving death?
• We must lead our anger and not be led by our anger
• Rational v. irrational anger
• Don’t react in the heat of the moment!
• Vengeance belongs to the Lord

Scripture mentioned:

• Psalm 7:11
• Mark 3:5
• Genesis 4
• Ephesians 4:26
• Ephesian 4:29
• Romans 12:19

Resources:

• Untangling Emotions (J. Alisdair Groves & Winston T. Smith)
• Untangle Your Emotions (Jennie Allen)
• Feelings and Faith (Bran Borgman)

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Some things discussed in this episode:

• Emotions v. Truth
• Emotions cannot be trusted
• Emotions can act as a thermometer, but not a thermostat
• It is good to feel emotions, but how we react defines who we are in Christ
• Positive v. negative emotions

Scripture Mentioned:

• Genesis 3:10
• Revelation 21:4
• James 1:2
• Romans 5:5
• Luke 6:45

Resources:

• Untangling Emotions (J. Alisdair Groves & Winston T. Smith)
• Untangle Your Emotions (Jennie Allen)
• Feelings and Faith (Bran Borgman)

If you would like more info or to pursue biblical counseling at First Southern, please visit our website @ firstsbc.com.

New episodes drop every first and third Thursday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, & YouTube!

From the episode: 

• Outrage culture: a tendency to be easily offended
• Social media plays a big role in outrage
• Fake news spreads 6x faster on social media than real news
• Fact check before sharing something to prevent being an evangelist for something that is false
• The 24-hour news cycle enhances outrage
• We can become desensitized to true outrage
• “You cannot hate a people and reach a people at the same time.” –Ed Stetzer
• Outrage culture is driven by emotion over reason
• Outrage culture is based on misinformation and false assumptions
• Outrage culture is destructive
• Righteous anger is aimed at the glory of God while outrage is aimed at the glory of self

Scripture:

• 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12
• James 1:19
• Ephesians 4:31–32

Resources:

• The Age of Outrage (Ed Stetzer)
• A Gentle Answer (Scott Sauls)
• https://www.snopes.com/
• The Social Dilemma (Netflix)

If you would like more info or to pursue biblical counseling at First Southern, please visit our website @ firstsbc.com.

New episodes drop every first and third Thursday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, & YouTube!

Season 1 of the Loving People podcast is dropping on March 7, 2024!

If you are walking through struggles in this life, then this is the podcast for you! We will be covering a wide range of topics, an showing how God's word helps us through all of them.

Episodes will drop the first and third Thursdays of each month.

For more info check out our website at firstsbc.com.