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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
What do we do with a God who sanctions violence?
Brent talks with Matthew Lynch, associate professor of Old Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada about his new IVP book ‘Flood and Fury – Old Testament Violence and the Shalom of God’.
Matthew is the author of a number of books and the co-founder of the OnScript podcast, a podcast focused on providing engaging conversations on Bible and theology.
- (0:56) What do we do with violence in the Old Testament?
- (1:40) What do people struggle with in the Old Testament?
- (3:10) God’s anger and His justice;
- (4:50) Violent texts;
- (6:49) Reading the Old Testament towards Jesus;
- (9:15) Violence and the creation account;
- (12:37) How violence ruins creation;
- (14:30) God’s grief over violence in the Flood narrative;
- (16:38) Justice after the Flood;
- (19:00) The Canaanites;
- (11:00) 2 perspectives on the Conquest.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.amazon.com/Flood-Fury-Testament-Violence-Shalom/dp/1514004291
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