A lot of Christians are vaguely disturbed by the anger of Christ, for example in clearing the Temple. It may often be due to a misunderstanding or more likely a subunderstanding of what anger is and what sin is. And now research on anger seems to suggest some further potential benefits of at least some anger in addition to giving us energy to right wrongs.
"The research found that, surprisingly, anger made participants more, rather than less, rational and analytical in their reactions. The current research, conclude the authors, suggests that angry people can and do process information analytically but are often influenced by more mental shortcuts. Although it is not always the case, anger-induced action is sometimes the result of quite clear-minded and deliberative processing."
So apply that the the cleansing of the Temple ...
ScienceDaily: Anger Can Make You More Rational, Not Less, According To Recent Studies:
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