Whether horrific enough to garner national headlines, such as at Columbine, or minor enough to cause arguments with family or friends, uncontrolled anger is a thief that steals peace, joy, and trust. Now, hard on the heels of their bestselling Freedom from Fear (more than 43,000 copies sold), Neil Anderson and Rich Miller offer readers clear biblical principles and constructive methods to keep anger in its place by: -understanding the difference between righteous and unrighteous anger -depending on Jesus for anger control -implementing key principles to maintain healthy anger and avoid destructive anger -contemplating the truths revealed by God's holy anger and wrath -realizing how anger affects the church Getting Anger Under Control helps readers evaluate their own anger level, take appropriate steps to alleviate anger's destructiveness, and depend on Jesus' power and wisdom to regulate their emotions.
Neil Anderson was raised on a farm in Minnesota. He served his country for four years in the Navy. He worked four years as an aerospace engineer before being called into full time ministry. He has served the Lord as a high school campus pastor, and in local churches as a youth pastor, college pastor, associate pastor, and senior pastor.
He taught for ten years at Talbot School of Theology and was the chairman of the Practical Theology Department. He is the founder and now president emeritus of Freedom In Christ Ministries, which has offices in Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland, India, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. He conducts conferences for Christian leaders around the world in addition to maintaining a heavy writing schedule.
Neil stays involved with the academic community by teaching Doctor of Ministry classes at several seminaries. He has five earned degrees including a doctor of ministry, doctor of education, a masters of divinity and a masters in Christian education.
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