We try to disguise our worldly anger behind appeals to theological or ethical justification. We need to be angry, the logic goes, because of all the sin in the world. This is what makes this lie so powerful. Yes, there is a lot in this world to anger us, and Scripture does call us to be angry about many things. We should be angry over sin in ourselves and in the world. We should be angry about injustice. We should be particularly angry at how quickly we can grow inoculated, numb, or apathetic to injustices. In fact, we can actually contribute to the outrage when we fail to get angry about the
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