The BEMA Podcast 479: Vice & Virtue — Wrath
Oct 23, 2025
Exploring the complexities of wrath, Brent and Reed dive into the allure of revenge and its biblical implications. They discuss how God's anger, slow and restorative, contrasts with human anger's vengeful tendencies. Referencing scripture, they examine what provokes divine wrath and its ultimate goal of healing. The conversation highlights the dangers of misdirected anger and the use of pop culture to process feelings of revenge. They encourage self-reflection on anger's role in our lives and its potential for motivating compassion.
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Dark Humor Wins At A Banquet
- Reed and Brooke performed a cover of 'Goodbye Earl' at a leader banquet, enjoying the dark humor of revenge.
- The crowd loved it, illustrating how revenge narratives feel delightfully satisfying in communal settings.
Scripture Treats Anger Ambiguously
- Wrath is ambiguous in scripture because God's anger exists but human anger can be sinful.
- The hosts frame the episode around reconciling righteous divine anger with human vice.
God Is Slow To Be Aroused
- Exodus 34 portrays God as 'slow to anger,' meaning God's anger is hard to arouse.
- God 'gets angry' occasionally rather than being perpetually wrathful.
