Deeper 7 - Deeper Homicidal - Robert Russell

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Is the God of the Old Testament the God of the New Testament?

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Revd Simon Coupland New Wine Summer 11New Wine Magazine

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‘The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sado-masochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.’Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion

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Simple Solution No 1Cut out the Old Testament

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Simple Solution No 1Cut out the Old Testament-

4 consequences: No longer follow Jesus

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Simple Solution No 1Cut out the Old Testament-

4 consequences: No longer follow Jesus Cut out large part of NT too

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Simple Solution No 1Cut out the Old Testament-

4 consequences: No longer follow Jesus Cut out large part of NT tooLose context for Jesus

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Simple Solution No 1Cut out the Old Testament-

4 consequences: No longer follow Jesus Cut out large part of NT tooLose context for JesusLose best bits

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Simple Solution No 2Say it didn’t happen

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Simple Solution No 3Stop being such wimps!

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Simple Solutions:–Cut out the Old Testament–Say it didn’t happen–Stop being such wimps!

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Helpful thought 1Judge events by the standards of the time

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Helpful thought 1Judge events by the standards of the time

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Helpful thought 2Remember why God commanded this

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Helpful thought 3Jesus changes everything

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Helpful thoughts•Judge events by the standards of the time•Remember why God commanded this

•Jesus changes everything

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Is the God of the Old Testament the God of the New Testament?

YES