Old Testament Angry God Analysis

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Overall, after reading the book I think it does an okay job of presenting an argument to the “Old Testament Angry God” question or theory. It is very difficult to understand and interpret all of the information that is in the old testament in the short book. There needs to be a longer book to answer all of the questions. I am in agreement with Dr. Lamb’s position and the points that he states. To be honest, I think some of his arguments might be weak and need to be expanded upon. I don’t know if I could do a better job explaining everything that is happening in the old testament and relating it back to our modern time period. I don’t understand fully God’s true character in the bible or in today’s society in which culture assumes to be good

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