If we speak of an angry God at all, we will speak of a God angry at indifference, angry at apathy, angry at racism and violence, angry at inhumanity, angry at waste, angry at destruction, angry at injustice, angry at hostile religious clannishness. That anger is never against us (or them); it is against what is against us (and them).
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Brian D. McLaren was a contemporary American pastor and author. Brian D. McLaren is an American author, speaker, activist, public theologian and was a leading figure in the emerging church movement. Read more on Wikipedia →

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