The Healing of Anger

Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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If you’re going to live a wise life and have a discerning heart, you need to understand anger. Wisdom is knowing the right decision in the vast majority of life situations that the moral rules don’t address. And in order to be wise, you need to be able to understand and handle anger—not only in yourself, but in other people as well. There are four things we need to learn about anger: 1) its dangerous power, 2) its basic goodness, 3) why it goes wrong, and 4) how it can be healed. This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on October 17, 2004. Series: Proverbs: True Wisdom for Living. Scripture: Proverbs 14:29-30; 15:1, 18; 16:32; 19:11, 19; 24:28-29; 25:21-22. Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting https://gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Many of the questions we face in life are complex and aren't directly addressed by the rules.
0:08.0	So do I say something now or do I wait? Should I take that job or stay put? That's why wisdom is so crucial for our lives.
0:16.6	So how do we develop it?
0:18.0	Today join us as Tim Keller explores how we apply God's wisdom to the complexities of our lives.
0:24.0	After you listen, we invite you to go online to GospelonLife.com
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0:35.6	as well as other valuable gospel-centered resources.
0:38.6	Subscribe today at gospel on life.com. Tonight's reading comes from the book of Proverbs.
0:47.0	A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.
0:57.0	A tranquil heart is life to the body, but passion is rottenness to the bones. A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs
1:06.8	up anger. A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel. He was slow to anger is better than the mighty,
1:17.2	and he who rules his spirit than he who captures a city. A man's wisdom gives him patience. It is to his glory to overlook an offense.
1:27.0	A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty. If you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
1:34.0	Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.
1:39.0	Do not say, I'll do to him as he has done to me. I'll pay that man back for what he did. If your enemy
1:46.7	is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and
1:56.8	the Lord will reward you. This is God's word.
2:01.9	We're looking at the book of Proverbs, looking at the subject of wisdom. What's wisdom?
2:08.0	In 1st Kings 3, Solomon prays for wisdom, and when he prays for wisdom he defines it like this he
2:16.0	says God give me a heart that can discern right from wrong and you might say he was the King of Israel, he had the law of God.
2:25.6	Why does he need a heart to discern right from wrong? And the answer is
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