Good and Angry

Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness
by David Powlison

Good and Angry, a groundbreaking new book from David Powlison, contends that anger is more than a problem to solve. Anger is our complex human response to things we perceive as wrong in a complex world; thus we must learn how to fruitfully and honestly deal with it. Powlison undertakes an in-depth exploration of the roots of anger, moral judgment, and righteous response by looking in a surprising place: God’s own anger.

Powlison reminds us that God gets angry too. He sees things in this world that aren’t right and He wants justice too. But God’s anger doesn’t devolve into manipulation or trying to control others to get His own way. Instead His anger is good and redemptive. It causes Him to step into our world to make wrongs right, sending His own Son to die so that we can be reconciled. He is both our model for change and our power to change.