Slow to Anger: Conflict God's Way

Everyday Struggles

James 4 locates conflict in the desires fighting within us. This course teaches you to handle anger and conflict at that level: identify what you want that you are not getting, locate yourself honestly among the peace-faker, peace-breaker, and peacemaker patterns, and walk the four G's of peacemaking through a real conflict.

1 hour

11 units

3 sections

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What You'll Work Through

Each unit is a conversation, not a page to read. The tutor asks you to explain, apply, and work with the material until it holds.

Chapter 1: Seeing Conflict God's Way

Section 1.1: What Conflict Is and Where It Comes From

Conflict defined as frustrated desires or goals
James 4:1-3: conflict comes from desires at war within
Conflict is an assignment from God, not an accident

Section 1.2: Locating Yourself in Conflict

The three responses to conflict: peace-faker, peace-breaker, peace-maker
The slippery slope: escape responses versus attack responses

Chapter 2: The Anger Beneath the Conflict

Section 2.1: Understanding Anger Biblically

Jones's definition of anger: a whole-person response of negative moral judgment against perceived evil
Righteous anger versus sinful anger

Section 2.2: Exposing the Idols Behind Anger (Susan's Case)

The Five Idol Diagnostic Questions
Tracing Susan's Anger to Fear of Man and the Desire to Demand

Chapter 3: Walking the Pathway Out

Section 3.1: The Four G's of Peacemaking

The 4 G's as a Peacemaking Pathway
Get the Log Out First (Seeing Your Sin First, Worst, and Most)