House Church Talk - Are we angry? Let's get over it.

[David Anderson]

It's always interesting to read about new churches emerging across the 
ocean waters. Europe is producing more and more alternative church sites 
and books. And it's always interesting to see how they view US, too. From 
a recent conference in England:

--- Brian went on to mention of the fact that one of the negative 
characteristics of Emergent people was anger. Anger against what they had 
come out of (not dissimilar to how Charismatics probably felt at coming 
out of Baptist and Anglican churches previously). But he mentioned how 
anger very often forces us to respond in such a way that we end up 
mirroring the very thing we hate. To quote George Santayana, "Those who 
cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ---

Anger is a legitimate passion but not one that should mark the drift and 
direction of our entire lives. It seems to be more of a temporary thing 
which is why we are to "Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down 
upon your wrath." Eph. 4:26.

God's question to Jonah echoes down through the ages: Doest thou well to 
be angry? Jonah 4:4

May the the days be soon removed in which we in the alternative church 
circle are characterized by anger. (The fruits of the Spirit would suit 
us so much better.)

     David Anderson