Exodus 32:10

“But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand” (Ex……

My book Divine Violence and the Character of God will be published on February 1, 2022. The book deals with God’s violent acts in the Old Testament in light of God’s character as a gracious and mer……

What do we mean when we say that Moses interceded for Israel? Spiritual intercession means intervening on behalf of another person to the Lord through prayer.…

If we believe God has no emotions, then we will never feel his love for us, nor will we experience deep love for him.…

In my previous post on The God Who Suffers – Part 1, I wrote that the God of the Old Testament is a God who chooses to identify himself with his people in their suffering. The view that God c……

We don’t use the word “temperance” much anymore. In the pastoral epistles, temperance (or “self-control”) is a chief virtue. Every man and woman is to learn it (1 Timothy 2:9, 15; Titus 2:2, 5-6). Every church leader is to model it (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8). But what is it? The Vices & The Mean While virtue is always a mean between two extremes, in the case of temperance, this is quite literally the case. Temperance means moderation or balance. Temperance, as we will speak of it, comes from ……