Matt and Josh check out Old Testament passages that paint God as wholly other than any created being. They explore Classical Theism and whether God is capable of doing evil.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
02:08 Fun Facts
07:08 Did Moses Write the Torah?
10:58 Movie and Book Recs
13:59 Classical Theism Emerging from Scripture
27:39 Is God Being Love a Cop-Out?
33:59 Does God Ever Do Evil if He Is Good?
58:42 Outro

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Matt and Josh examine some of the immanent pictures of God in the Old Testament, and how the Bible often uses imagery of Yahweh as a chief warrior God in charge of a divine council of other gods. How does this picture fit with the omniscient, omnipotent God of love Christians believe in today?

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:10 Does Flourishing Always Come at the Expense of Someone Else?
14:22 Book and Movie Recs
21:59 God Recap
32:38 Inhabiting Ancient Cosmology
37:10 Yahweh as a Tribal God
45:01 Wrestling with Ancient Depictions of God
53:11 Outro

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Matt and Josh look at two seemingly conflicting portraits of God. One that is an omnipresent source of Being, and one that is a tribal, local, personal God.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro
00:10 Does Josh have ADHD?
13:32 Movie and Book Recs
18:31 Genesis 1 and the “Capital G” God
32:23 The Danger of Omnipresence
33:14 Simply, Divine Simplicity
35:26 God’s Spirit Is God
37:07 Genesis 2 and the Personal God
45:00 Why God Doesn’t Exist and Is in Everything
55:47 Outro

Books or references:
Desiring the Kingdom by James KA Smith

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