The Heart of Anger

Introduction: Anger and Why It Matters

Part 1: Biblical Portraits of Human Anger

Chapter 1: Anger and the Human Heart

Chapter 2: Getting to the Heart of Anger

Chapter 3: Anger and Harm

Chapter 4: Anger and Power

Chapter 5: Anger and Self-Righteousness

Chapter 6: Anger and Pride

Chapter 7: Anger and the Crowd

Chapter 8: Using Others to Serve our Angry Madness

Chapter 9: Righteous Anger?

Part 2: Leave Room for an Angry God

Chapter 10: The Anger of God Is Good

Chapter 11: The Anger of God Is Evident

Chapter 12: The Anger of God Is a Jealous Love

Chapter 13: The Anger of God Is Slow but Sure

Chapter 14: The Anger of God Is Revealed in Jesus

Chapter 15: Leave Room for an Angry God

Part 3: First Steps in Defusing Human Anger

Chapter 16: Contrast Our Own Anger with His in the Matter of Knowledge

Chapter 17: Expose the Agenda behind Our Anger: An Example from Parenting

Chapter 18: Feeling Mad: Uncovering the Emotions Hiding Beneath

Part 4: Find Joy in the Peace of Christ

Chapter 19: New Desires in Christ

Chapter 20: A New Crowd in Christ

Chapter 21: A New Peace in Christ

Chapter 22: A New Power in Christ

Chapter 23: A New Humbling from Christ

Chapter 24: A New Love from Christ

Chapter 25: Learn Wisdom in Christ

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1: A Checklist for Our Anger

Appendix 2: A Devotional Response to Our Anger

General Index

Scripture Index

Christopher Ash is writer in residence at Tyndale House in Cambridge and a full-time preacher, speaker, and writer. He previously served as the director of the Proclamation Trust’s Cornhill Training Course and as a minister and church planter. He and his wife, Carolyn, are members of St. Andrew the Great Church in Cambridge, and have four children and seven grandchildren.

Steve Midgley is senior minister of Christ Church Cambridge and executive director of Biblical Counselling UK. Steve is a conference speaker, a board member for the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation, and a lecturer on biblical counseling at Oak Hill Theological College in London. He and his wife, Beth, have three adult children.