Does the God of the Old Testament and Jesus have different moralities?
Curiously Kaitlyn
Phil Vischer
5 • 759 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Pastor and theologian Corey Widmer is back, this time to talk about how to read the Bible well, how to understand violence in the Bible, and how to think about the Trinity. This week, an older kid asks "Does the God of the Old Testament and Jesus have different moralities?" Dr. Widmer teaches us how understanding who God is can help us better understand confusing or even horrifying stories in Scripture.
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Book Resources:
The God I Don't Understand by Chris Wright
Old Testament Ethics for the People of God by Chris Wright
Getting Involved With God: Rediscovering the Old Testament by Ellen Davis
The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter
Transcript
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| 0:48.9 | I don't know. |
| 0:53.1 | That doesn't make any sense. |
| 0:54.6 | What? |
| 1:03.4 | Dr. Corey Widmer, thank you for joining me again. |
| 1:05.6 | Thanks, Caitlin. It's so great to be back. |
| 1:08.4 | This is Dr. Corey Widmer. |
| 1:12.9 | He is the lead pastor at Third Church in Richmond, Virginia, and has a PhD in theology from VU Amsterdam. So we're going to hear our next kid question, sort of a kid question. |
| 1:19.9 | This is an older kid. So you might be able to hear even in the voice. This is someone who's not |
| 1:23.8 | a little child. But once I started telling people at church that if their kids had |
| 1:28.5 | questions, some older kids were like knocking down my door. Like, I have some questions too. |
| 1:33.3 | So we're going to play the longer question. We might edit it a little bit. But this is our question for |
| 1:39.9 | today. It seems like God has like, God of the Old Testament and Jesus have like different |
| 1:46.1 | morality or like God of the Old Testament cares more about his people than other people's |
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