Sound Mind is a podcast that invites listeners into immersive, scripture-rich reflections on the mental, emotional, and spiritual realities of life—guided by a biblical lens and pastoral heart


The Host of Sound Mind is Jonathan Kindler is faculty professor of Biblical Counseling at the Living Faith Bible Institute, professional counselor and associate pastor at Midtown Baptist Temple.

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EP 71 | THE LION AND THE LAMB: Strength, Emotion, Anger, and Tenderness

What does real strength look like when something powerful is happening inside you?

In this episode of the Quit You Like Men series, Jonathan Kindler explores what Scripture teaches about emotion, anger, tenderness, and self-control—and why biblical strength is neither shutting down nor being ruled by whatever you feel. Looking to the example of Jesus as both the Lion and the Lamb, Jonathan examines what it means to feel deeply while bringing your entire inner life under the authority of Christ.

Blending scripture, personal stories, counseling insight, and practical reflection, this episode explores anger as a signal, the difference between emotion and obedience, how to sit with someone else's pain without immediately trying to fix it, and why another person's sin never has to determine your response.

A strong man is not a man who feels less. He is a man who can be honest about what is happening inside him, test it by truth, and faithfully ask: What does Christ require from me now?

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