The Emotions of God: Making Sense of a God Who Hates, Weeps, and Loves (audio)
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In The Emotions of God, biblical scholar David Lamb examines seven divine emotions-hate, anger, jealousy, sorrow, joy, compassion, and love-and argues that it is not only good that God is emotional but also that we as his image-bearers can express emotions in such a way that reflects his goodness to the world. The God of the Bible is emotional. Many Christians don’t want to associate emotions with God. Emotions feel irrational, and the idea of God experiencing hate, anger, and jealousy can be confusing and problematic. And yet the Bible is full of stories where God expresses deep emotion. Christians are often left wondering how to reconcile the tension of an all-powerful God expressing seemingly uncontrollable feelings. If God is hateful and angry at humanity, is he a God worth believing in? In The Emotions of God, biblical scholar David Lamb examines seven divine emotions-hate, anger, jealousy, sorrow, joy, compassion, and love-and argues that it is not only good that God is emotional but also that we as his image-bearers can express emotions in such a way that reflects his goodness to the world. With discussion questions and suggestions for application, Lamb challenges listeners to journey with him into a rich study of the stories surrounding God’s emotions so that we might better know God and reflect the beauty of emotion to the world.
- Title: The Emotions of God: Making Sense of a God Who Hates, Weeps, and Loves (audio)
- Author: David T. Lamb
- Publisher: christianaudio.com
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Audio
- Subjects: Religion › Biblical Studies--History & Culture; Religion › Christian Theology--General; God anger; Character of God; understanding God
- ISBNs: 9781545922576, 1545922578
- Resource ID: LLS:9781545922576
- Resource Type: Media
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-08T18:08:03Z
Dr. David T. Lamb loves to teach the Bible. This passion was developed during twenty years of ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, first as a student at Stanford (BA, MS), and then on IV staff in LA and Philadelphia. Studies at Fuller (MDiv) and Oxford (MPhil, DPhil) deepened his love for the Old Testament. He has been teaching OT at Missio Seminary (formerly Biblical) since 2006. His dissertation, Righteous Jehu and his Evil Heirs was published in 2007 (Oxford). He wrote three popular books, The Emotions of God: Making Sense of a God Who Hates, Weeps, and Loves (IVP, 2022), God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist (IVP, 2011, 2022), and Prostitutes and Polygamists: A Look at Love, Old Testament Style (Zondervan, 2015). He also wrote a textbook, The Historical Writings (with Mark Leuchter, Fortress, 2016) and a commentary, 1-2 Kings (Zondervan, 2021). He is currently working on commentaries on Chronicles for Baker, and on Genesis for Lexham. He became the Allan A. MacRae Professor of Old Testament in 2016 and the Dean of the Faculty in 2017. For more information, see www.DavidTLamb.com.