Category Archives: Old Testament
Quotes from Disturbing Divine Behavio(u)r
Eric Seibert, Disturbing Divine Behavior, Fortress Press 2009. Is God really in the business of summarily executing those who are “wicked” and “displeasing” in God’s sight? If so, how does this fit with the ugly realities of the modern world? … Continue reading
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Disturbing Divine Behaviour : a review part 2
Seibert’s solution to disturbing divine behaviour is a christocentric hermeneutic. He acknowledges that the New Testament itself has some trouble images of divine behaviour. But he insists that we can trust the depiction of Jesus in the New Testament and … Continue reading
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Disturbing Divine Behaviour : a review, part 1
Disturbing Divine Behavior: Troubling Old Testament Images of God / Eric Seibert (Fortress Press, 2009) In this book, Eric Seibert tackles head-on a question which has long been in my mind: what are we to do with the troubling Old … Continue reading
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Beat your plowshares into swords
Yesterday the pastor asked if anyone had heard God speaking in worship, and someone said they had a verse from God. It was Joel 3:10. Read it carefully, it doesn’t say what you think it says at first: ‘Proclaim this … Continue reading
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‘God’s Genocide’: some not-so-sensitive campus evangelism
I am very disturbed by this poster that was seen around my university a few weeks ago. I’m a part time student, and I only saw the poster after the event, otherwise I would have gone to listen, mainly in … Continue reading
