tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post8052135557478848821..comments2023-06-09T12:46:12.932-04:00Comments on The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia: Who's Our Daddy?Arthur Sidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-41309548480274393892012-06-05T14:56:19.329-04:002012-06-05T14:56:19.329-04:00There's an excellent book out there by Dr. Dav...There's an excellent book out there by Dr. David Lamb called "God Behaving Badly" that addresses that question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-61018397302219182602012-06-04T16:03:18.945-04:002012-06-04T16:03:18.945-04:00Part of what gives us such trouble reconciling the...Part of what gives us such trouble reconciling the ways of God in the Old Testament with the ways of God in the New Testament is a preoccupation with ourselves. We tend to think of killing people and not killing people as fundamental, philosophic opposites--the old "life or death" dichotomy. It takes radically different thinking to imagine killing Canaanites or loving enemies as incidental distinctions, like wearing brown shoes or black shoes.<br /><br />There's a reason why it should seem so important to us: our bodily life is our ever-present analogy of spiritual life. We have no point of comparison for spiritual life other than the bodily life we observe. But the true life of God cannot be granted by any man, nor taken away by any man. Killing someone does not remove them from God's book of life. Sparing them does not save them from his book of judgment.<br /><br />Not everyone who "should" live gets to live. Innocent children die, etc. But not everyone who should have been killed back then was killed, either. David lived. God decrees for his people actions which speak prophetically of spiritual truths: for Israel, primarily of judgement and holiness (although grace is always there as well); for the church, primarily of grace and mercy (although we do not live in a world free of wrath).<br /><br />It is impossible to comprehend one God in both covenants if human life is your highest value.Arlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463694761795698095noreply@blogger.com