In this article, David Powlison argues that indifference and pleasure are anger’s common-sense simple opposites. But a third opposite of anger, the constructive displeasure of mercy, is complex. God redeems our anger. He does not license our reactions against evil, and He does not anesthetize us. Instead, He changes us into His own image.
The Constructive Displeasure of Mercy
from the Journal of Biblical Counseling 24:4 | 2006