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I love these counseling booklets series “Resources for Changing Lives” for their brevity and clarity. I want to buy and read every one of them. (However if you buy them all at one time, there’s no guarantee that the person behind the counter in your local bookstore wouldn’t think you are a weirdo). Even though this booklet is small the impact of its content is huge. I used this book as a resource for a counselee dealing with and found the truths within it helpful for him and myself as well and I’m sure it will be too with other readers.
I appreciated the author tackling anger head on especially with his critique of the “substance” model of understanding anger; this is the view that think of anger more as a “thing” inside someone rather than anger being an attitude and act of the person. As the author argues, how one understands the nature of anger will determine what kind of solution that is being proposed. As Christians we must come to understand that anger issues reflect someone’s willful desire to sin and not just some impersonal force within us exploding.
The best part of the book is the discussion about being angry with God—very well thought out and life changing material for those struggling with this issue. The book also gave several questions to help deal with anger with the first set being diagnostic and the second set given with the intent of helping a counselee deal with their sinful anger. Like with other biblical counseling resources I thoroughly enjoyed the author’s question engaging the readers with biblical truths that confront the lies and false expectation we embrace.
Thanks. Looks like a good one to put on my list.
You’re welcome =)
SJ,
I have never heard of this series before (showing my ignorance). But it does sound like a good series to have. Thanks for the heads upon this. Is the entire series authored by one man or is a variety of authors used in the series? I always like series that use “the best of the best” authors. Seems to give a great variety of writing styles in them.
Thanks again. Will check out your link late today.
Hey Rob! The entire series has 27 volumes written by various biblical counselors most of whom were from Westminster Theological Seminary’s department on Biblical counseling. I have found other books in this series helpful as a resource for counseling, and the brevity is a plus especially for those who are not use to reading.
God bless you Rob, hope your part of the country is not too warm =)
You make thnigs so clear. Thanks for taking the time!
Thanks for the recommendation! Here is the Kindle ebook version from Amazon for those who are that way inclined:
Controlling Anger: Responding Constructively When Life Goes Wrong. I am ordering it now!
Let me know what you think =)
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