What we can learn from Jonah about anger

Jonah had an anger problem.Ā  A really big one. Sure he could push it down for a chapter or two (his book only has four chapters), but before long it would comeĀ roaring back again. The final chapter closes with Jonah sitting on the side of a mountain, being good and angry at God’s gracious ways. It actually appears that a … Read More

Self-Pity: Thinking too highly of oneself

Self-pity causes us to see ourselves as better than we really are. We tend to think of self-pity as thinking too poorly of ourselves, but the opposite is true. We are thinking too highly of ourselves. Self-pity is a preoccupation with self. Because it is birthed from the ā€œprideā€ family of sins, it comes with a sense of entitlement. This … Read More