Theology
Can Anger at God Be Righteous?
The Psalms show us how to faithfully protest to God.
J. Todd Billings
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I was diagnosed with cancer five years ago, I returned to the Book of
Psalms anew. I started to pray with psalms that I had merely read before
or had skipped altogether. While I was receiving intense chemo, a
seminary student told me he was praying Psalm 102 for me.
In my distress I groan aloud
and am reduced to skin and bones. I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. (v. 5–6)
My heart skipped a beat. As I read on, I found that the psalm contained a complaint and a petition ...
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Monday, January 28, 2019
Can Anger at God Be Righteous?
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