Slaves to Our Emotions: A Follow-Up on Anger, Therapeutic Shortfalls & Reconciling Our Feelings with Scripture

As two psychology majors, we’ve spent a lot of time learning about emotions, thoughts, behavior, and the ways they all influence one another. But what happens when the therapeutic framework we’re given doesn’t line up with the word of God?

In this episode, we’re talking honestly about some of the places we believe modern therapeutic culture can fall short, especially when it comes to emotions and self-control. Abby shares personally about her own struggle with anger and why, for her, the distance between anger and bitterness or rage can feel dangerously small. We unpack the difference between acknowledging an emotion and justifying it, and why we have to be careful about validating feelings that may be leading us toward sin.

We talk about the difference between suppressing our emotions, battling them, and exercising godly self-control over them—because having control over your emotions doesn’t mean pretending they aren’t there. 

This isn’t a conversation about pretending emotions don’t matter. It’s about learning to bring our emotions under the authority of God’s Word rather than allowing our feelings to become our Holy Spirit.

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