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Old Testament Overview Session 1 “The ‘Two Gods’ Approach” - did Marcion have a point?

Old Testament Overview Session 1 “The ‘Two Gods’ Approach” - did Marcion have a point?.

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Old Testament Overview Session 1 “The ‘Two Gods’ Approach” - did Marcion have a point?

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  1. Old Testament Overview Session 1 “The ‘Two Gods’ Approach” - did Marcion have a point?

  2. “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, infanticide, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” (Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion p.31) “The Old Testament portrays God as a father…it portrays God as a lion but also a lamb, an eagle but also a mother hen, a king but also a servant, a judge but also a shepherd. Just when we think we have God pinned down, the Old Testament introduces a whole new picture of him: as a whistler, a barber, a vineyard keeper.” (Philip Yancey, The Bible Jesus Read p.28)

  3. Where Marcion would put the Old Testament! Did he have a point?

  4. Where have I been? Old Testament – it’s our story too, if we are in Christ!

  5. Two Approaches … Søren Kierkegaard

  6. The Old Testament – All or nothing!

  7. Take up your trusty bookmarks, Explore!

  8. The book of Ruth

  9. The book of Ruth Who?

  10. The book of Ruth What? What’sthe story? What do we need to know? What kind of writing is it?

  11. The book of Ruth When?

  12. The book of Ruth Where?

  13. The book of Ruth Why? Theologically

  14. The book of Ruth Why? Personally

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