What does First B Jackson teach about anger?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on anger takes seriously what James says plainly: human anger, however righteous it feels in the moment, does not produce the righteousness God is after. When Nick preached through James 1:19-27, he pointed out that the culture around us feeds the opposite habit from what James commands, pushing people toward instant opinions and outrage, while God's word calls for being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Part of what makes that possible, Nick said, is trusting that settling accounts belongs to God and not to us. That is not a threat to hold over someone else but a genuine relief, because it means we do not have to carry it.
Pastor John's sermon on Luke 13 pressed the same theme from a different angle. The synagogue leader in that passage was furious when Jesus healed a woman on the Sabbath, and his anger was pointed not at any real wrong but at the work of God happening right in front of him. Pastor John was honest that he recognized himself in that man. He described attending a men's intensive that made him furious almost from the minute he arrived, certain he was right and feeling righteous in that certainty, only to look back later and see that other men were being set free from things that had weighed on them for years. His indignation had nearly kept him from seeing it.
Taken together, these messages suggest that anger often functions as a signal worth examining rather than a verdict worth acting on. The question First B Jackson keeps returning to is whether our anger is aimed at something God is opposing, or whether, like the synagogue leader, we are bristling at something God is doing.
Taught from James 1:19-27 · Luke 13:10-21 · Romans 12:19 · Isaiah 58:1-11 · Proverbs 20:22
The passage taught · Ephesians 2:8
8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- April 23, 2023 Daughter of Abraham, Set Free A pastor wrestles with his own indignance while preaching on Luke 13, where Jesus heals a suffering woman on the Sabbath and the crowd rejoices.
- March 29, 2022 Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger James 1 taught at First Baptist Jackson: be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, and put God's word into practice rather than just hearing it.
Mentioned along the way
- September 22, 2024 Direct Amends Wherever Possible A Wyoming pastor walks through Step 9 of the 12 steps, showing from Matthew 5 how making amends and seeking reconciliation is rooted in the teaching of Jesus.
- January 14, 2024 Love Requires an Object A Wyoming pastor walks through the New Testament's "one another" commands, showing why Christian community is not hard to understand but is genuinely hard to live.
- March 19, 2023 Put Off, Put On Pastor Carl preaches from Colossians 3 on putting off anger, pride and immorality, and putting on compassion, humility and love as followers of Christ.
- March 21, 2022 People Do Not Drift Towards Holiness Brad teaches Mark 9 on Monday night, warning against causing others to stumble, guarding against personal sin, and what it means to stay salty for Christ.
- March 9, 2014 Real Riches, Responding, Receiving James 1 teaches two paths: joy through enduring trials, or death through giving in to desire. Pastor Mark walks through real riches, temptation, and receiving God's word.