today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

There is a kind of anger that is sinful.

It comes from loving the wrong things or loving the right things out of proportion.

If anger is a destructive energy released in defense of something that you love,

then if your loves are out of order, then your anger will be out of order as well.

Hey, thanks for joining us today here on Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich. Do you remember that one time in the

Bible when Jesus got angry? And he didn't hide it? And then the most remarkable part, he actually

didn't sin either. I know it's hard to believe, but it is possible. In fact, Pastor Jady is kind of

helping us see how we too can be angry, but also be like Jesus

at the same time.

We're discovering what the Bible really says about this volatile emotion as we continue

our teaching series called Smoke from a Fire.

Remember, if you missed any of the previous messages, you can always find them free of charge at jd.grier.com.

But for now, grab your Bible and let's join Pastor J.D. in the book of Ephesians.

Ephesians chapter four. We are on week number three in a series on some of the most controlling

emotions in our lives. We are calling this series

smoke from a fire. It's playing off of an analogy that the fifth century theologian St. Augustin

used when he said that our most dominating emotions, our deepest emotions, often functioned like

smoke from a fire that can show us what is actually going on in our hearts.

This weekend, we're going to deal with another emotion that all of us deal with to some varying

degree, and that is the emotion of anger. Anger, as we know, can be a very destructive emotion

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