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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.

David Powlison served as CCEF’s executive director (2014-2019), a faculty member, and senior editor of the Journal of Biblical Counseling. He held a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary. David wrote extensively on biblical counseling and on the relationship between faith and psychology. His books Seeing with New Eyes and Speaking Truth in Love probe the implications of Scripture for how to understand people and how to counsel. The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context explores the background and development of CCEF’s mission. David is survived by his wife Nan, their three children and spouses, and seven grandchildren.

The Constructive Displeasure of Mercy

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