Tag: gods-nature
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The Four Sources of Suffering
Isaiah 51:17-23 – 7/31/2026 Rouse yourself, rouse yourself! Stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the cup of staggering Isaiah 51:17 (NRSVue) Today’s reading from Isaiah is about the wrath of God poured out on the people.…
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A Jealous and Avenging God
Nahum 1:1-13 – 7/20/2026 A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and prolongs it against his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger but great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in…
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A Strange Deity
Isaiah 48:6-11 – 7/10/2026 For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, so that I may not cut you off. Isaiah 48:9 (NRSVue) The traditional understanding of the theistic God is that God is impassible. In other words, God is not affected by that…
Dionysus on a Bike 