The validity of righteous anger

Editor’s note: This is a reprinted column from Jack Purcell’s “On the Journey” archives. It originally appeared in The Star in 2013.

I have been in many conversations with Christians who were deathly afraid of anger, particularly their own. Underlying their fear was they believed anger was sinful.

Apparently, people believe it was OK for Jesus to be angry, but not his followers. My dear wife, for example, never gets angry – she just gets frustrated. Jesus did express some strong emotions when he ran the moneychangers out of the temple.