Be Angry, but Don't Sin
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What makes you angry? Can anger ever be a good thing? Today, R.C. Sproul examines a surprising command in Scripture. Hear him explain the crucial biblical distinction between righteous indignation and sinful wrath.
Get digital access to two teaching series from R.C. Sproul with your donation: Anger and Joy. We'll also send you two titles from his Crucial Questions booklet series—Is Anger Always a Sin? and Can I Have Joy in My Life?: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/
Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Request both digital teaching series and the ebook editions of both Crucial Questions titles with your donation: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Nathan W. Bingham here. Before we get to today's episode, I'd like to ask you to please pray |
| 0:05.8 | for this Saturday's Always Ready youth event in Panama City, Florida. Teenagers will gather for a one-day |
| 0:12.6 | training event, helping them to defend their faith, and encouraging them to stand firm on the |
| 0:18.3 | truthfulness of God's word, even in a world filled with deep fakes and |
| 0:22.8 | malinformation. And if you're age 12 to 18, consider joining us. You can learn more and register |
| 0:29.3 | at Ligonier.org slash North Florida. Thank you. |
| 0:33.9 | There are things, beloved, that go on in the world, in the school, in the government, |
| 0:42.0 | in the church that ought to make us angry. |
| 0:46.4 | When the truth of God is maligned and distorted, we should be angry about that. |
| 0:52.8 | When human beings are violated, we should be angry about that. When human beings are violated, we should be angry about that. |
| 0:57.9 | And when we're not angry about it, it reveals a profound indifference to sacred things. |
| 1:06.1 | But the key is to have our responses mirror and reflect the responses of Christ. |
| 1:14.6 | We should be angry at the things Christ is angry about and not angry about the things he's not angry about. |
| 1:26.6 | Our emotions can lead us down a path of sin, anger, grief, bitterness, even joy if we seek joy in the wrong places. |
| 1:36.4 | So it's important for us as Christians to know what the Bible says about these topics, |
| 1:41.2 | especially anger, but the Bible doesn't say that all anger is sinful. |
| 1:47.0 | Welcome to the Monday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and over the next four days, we'll consider |
| 1:52.5 | both anger and joy. R. Seawall's teaching on these topics is immensely practical, |
| 1:59.5 | and their topics not often address today from a biblical |
| 2:02.5 | perspective. So when you give a donation and support of renewing your mind at Renewingermind.org, |
| 2:09.0 | we'll send you two titles from Dr. Sprawl. Is anger always a sin? And can I have joy in my life? |
| 2:15.6 | Plus, we'll add both series to your digital library in the |
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