tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19219922.post1757338654000052571..comments2024-03-03T21:51:46.662-05:00Comments on stylos: The Conversation Continues: Is Anger a Sin?Jeffrey T. Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374856944409335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19219922.post-71517269986038108592008-08-20T13:51:00.000-04:002008-08-20T13:51:00.000-04:00Saul fails to keep the Lord's command against the ...Saul fails to keep the Lord's command against the Amalekites in I Samuel 15:3 to "utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”<BR/><BR/>Samuel, I believe, responds with righteous indignation, showing hatred towards behavior that disregards God as perfectly justified in his demanding holiness. He responds in I Samuel 15:33 to Saul's sparing the life of King Agag by "hack[ing] Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com