GOOD AND ANGRY (6 OF 10)
Scripture: Ephesians 4:26-27
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Good And Angry (6 of 10)
Series: No Hard Feelings
James Merritt
Ephesians 4:26-27
Introduction
1. Ralph Waldo Emmerson, one of the greatest writers and poets in American history said, ‘‘Every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty-seconds of peace of mind.’’ Not only do I agree with that statement, but I will candidly admit I have given up a lot of time of peace of mind. I candidly confess that of all the emotions we are dealing with in this series that we are calling ‘‘No Hard Feelings,’’ this one hits home on me, not to me. I am not a smoldering volcano of rage, but I can get angry and I am not the only one.
2. One-in-five Americans reported feeling anger ‘‘a lot’’ in 2018 (an increase from 17% in the years before) according to the Gallop 2019 Global Emotions Report. If you don’t think American’s are angry just pick your social media poison - from Facebook, to Twitter, to Instagram you had better have on some mittens or you will burn your hands!
3. In 2001, just ten percent of Americans told Pew Researchers they were angry at the Federal Government; by 2013 that number had more than tripled. In 2012, political scientists at Emory University found that fewer than half the voters said they were deeply angry at the other party’s presidential nominee; in 2016, almost seventy percent of American’s were.
4. Somewhere in America, there is a raging inferno. There is road rage, racial rage, political rage, marital rage, vocational rage, financial rage. Anger is a killer in more ways than one.
5. Consider the relationship between murder and anger. There are far more killings committed spontaneously and in anger (known as voluntary manslaughter) than those committed with pre-meditation and thought. First degree murder, pre-meditated murder is the smallest category of murder of all. Anger explains why there is a tremendous gender difference in homicide. Women are more likely to respond to adverse conditions with sadness or depression, but men a ...
Series: No Hard Feelings
James Merritt
Ephesians 4:26-27
Introduction
1. Ralph Waldo Emmerson, one of the greatest writers and poets in American history said, ‘‘Every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty-seconds of peace of mind.’’ Not only do I agree with that statement, but I will candidly admit I have given up a lot of time of peace of mind. I candidly confess that of all the emotions we are dealing with in this series that we are calling ‘‘No Hard Feelings,’’ this one hits home on me, not to me. I am not a smoldering volcano of rage, but I can get angry and I am not the only one.
2. One-in-five Americans reported feeling anger ‘‘a lot’’ in 2018 (an increase from 17% in the years before) according to the Gallop 2019 Global Emotions Report. If you don’t think American’s are angry just pick your social media poison - from Facebook, to Twitter, to Instagram you had better have on some mittens or you will burn your hands!
3. In 2001, just ten percent of Americans told Pew Researchers they were angry at the Federal Government; by 2013 that number had more than tripled. In 2012, political scientists at Emory University found that fewer than half the voters said they were deeply angry at the other party’s presidential nominee; in 2016, almost seventy percent of American’s were.
4. Somewhere in America, there is a raging inferno. There is road rage, racial rage, political rage, marital rage, vocational rage, financial rage. Anger is a killer in more ways than one.
5. Consider the relationship between murder and anger. There are far more killings committed spontaneously and in anger (known as voluntary manslaughter) than those committed with pre-meditation and thought. First degree murder, pre-meditated murder is the smallest category of murder of all. Anger explains why there is a tremendous gender difference in homicide. Women are more likely to respond to adverse conditions with sadness or depression, but men a ...
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