"Get Angry"?

Apparently, the best way to handle conflict, according to Rick Warren, is to get angry. 

Rick says, 

"In Nehemiah 5 the Israelites face conflict for the same reason we do today - selfishness.  So 

what can we learn from Nehemiah about handling conflict?

1. Get angry."   Nehemiah’s 5 Steps for Handling Conflict by Rick Warren September 12, 1012  @ pastors.com

Does this sound like good biblical advice?  

Is getting angry the first thing one should do in handling conflict?

Hardly.

Rick is, however, giving this advice to his minions.  

He attempts to cover this antithetical-to-scripture advice with warning not to ignor the second step he 

offers and he also used a verse from the with scripture, James 1:19 and 20... which talk about "being 

slow to anger."  Which is it?  Should one get angry.... or make angry wait a really really long time 

before you fetch him?   There is a big difference  between getting angry in order to handle conflict 

and then thinking... as Rick Warren suggests in this article, verses being prayerful and thoughtful first 

and being "slow to anger" as the scripture says. 

A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he

 that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Proverbs 15:8

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,

 longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,

 faith, Meekness, temperance: 

against such there is no law.

Galatians 5:22

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil:

 but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:16

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: 

fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Psalm 37:8

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a

 furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Proverbs 29:22

And what about Colossians 3:8?

I will let you look that one up yourself, 

but I will give you a clue; it doesn't say

 pastors should "get angry" in order

 to deal with conflict.