How should Christians interpret biblical texts in which God endorses or commits violence? This one-session adult study, "Making Sense of God's Violent Actions in the Old Testament" by Walter Brueggemann, considers ways to understand God's violence and how these acts can be explained. Prayers and teaching alternatives are included.
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Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is the author of dozens of books, including Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now, A Gospel of Hope, and Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out.