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Priestly Mediator And Judge, C. Mervyn Maxwell
Priestly Mediator And Judge, C. Mervyn Maxwell
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Angry Love, Miroslav Kis
Angry Love, Miroslav Kis
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The question of God’s wrath is an old thorny problem for Christian theology. Simply expressed, one wonders how can a loving God be angry when anger is associated with a loss of temper, and a loss of self-control, and love is expressed in forbearance, patience, and graciousness. Can love be angry?
Yet, the scriptures speak often about an angry God (Nehemiah 1:6; Mark 3:5; and John 2:13-17).
Some treated this problem as only a human metaphor. Others as a pedagogical tool. Cultural anthropologists saw in it a vestige of primitive fear of taboos.
Lactantius claims that God is slow to …