Sentences with phrase «violent portraits»

Cross Vision, teaches believers how to interpret the Old Testament's violent portraits of God through the lens of the cross and to thereby see how these portraits bear witness to the self - sacrificial, non-violent, enemy - embracing love of God revealed on Calvary.

I've been absolutely obsessed with this Scripture's» violent portraits of God, for I believe these portraits constitute one of the biggest reasons why many abandon the faith while many others refuse to take the Bible as God's Word seriously.

It's entitled The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Reinterpreting the Old Testament's Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross.

You acknowledge that one of the greatest challenges confronting people who believe the Bible is «God's Word» concerns the violent portraits of God in the Bible.

What this implies, I contend, is that, whether we can explain the violent portraits of God in the OT or not, it would be unfaithful for us to ever allow anything we find in the OT to compromise what we learn about God in him.

On the one hand, this increases the problem of the OT's violent portraits of God, for the cross reveals a God who would rather did for his enemies than use his power to crush them.

For example, an editor might use these keywords to describe a mystery suspense novel: «noir atmosphere,» «urban settings,» «world - weary protagonists,» «harsh realism,» «psychological depth,» «wistful poetry,» «atmospheric,» «urban landscape,» «violent portrait.»

-- Library Journal (starred review) «[A] vivid, violent portrait of a nation... [a] macabrely realistic, politically savvy, satirically spot - on saga.