The great plot conflict of Scripture is the battle for kingship of earth, a battle between the serpent and the woman’s offspring. Hostility between these two parties was promised by God (Gen. 3:15), and throughout the Old Testament physical violence and hostility ensued. The Israelites committed genocide against the Canaanites (as to why God wouldContinue reading “Reading Scripture Like a Novel: Plot, Part 2”
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Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 4 of 4
In Part 1, I made the argument that humans were made to be manifestations of God’s own divine presence, an idea I owe to Crispin Fletcher Louis (See “Excursus B” in his book, Jesus Monotheism). We were created to be the images (or “idols) of God, and in being so, the expectation is that whenContinue reading “Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 4 of 4”
Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 3 of 4
If Jonathan Edwards is wrong—as I am claiming—about God perpetually holding sinners in anger like “loathsome insects” “over the pit of hell,” then why does Scripture contain stories of God’s wrath burning, followed by fire from heaven (Num. 11:1), or intending to destroy the entire Israelite people (Ex. 32:10)? Don’t these stories prove Edwards’ point?Continue reading “Humanity: Loathsome Insects, or Royal Family? Part 3 of 4”
Epic Gospel 