Do you ever read the Bible and wonder "why is this here?" There are lots of passages that are head scratchers. In reading in the OT this year, I've gotten to a portion that made me ask "what's the point here?", and the more I think about it, the more I think the key is in the differences.
The Bible tells us God loves us, and that's a frequent theme of Christian music, books, and teaching. But theologians also talk about God's "impassibility", that he doesn't have emotions the way we do. So how does God really feel about us?
Let's look at a passage I'm surprised isn't one of the most popular passages in the Bible to answer that question.
One of the hardest things about Bible study is figuring out what to apply. Some things are so specific to a particular person, culture, or situation they aren't universally applicable, but people will still try to do it.
This is sort of going to be a book review, but I want to focus on one glaring, and unfortunately common, problem in a book that is otherwise ... unimpressive but fine.
