Evidences: The God of the Old Testament

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/otgodmp3/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p>In this podcast I am reading the original (pre-edit) draft of chapter 5 of <i>A Quick Overview of the Bible: How All the Pieces Fit Together.</i> The book was released in February 2012. Harvest House allows me to read aloud one chapter of any book I have written. Since what I read is not the final version, there may be some small differences between it and the published version.</p><p>You can also <i>read</i> the first 10 pages or so at <a href="http://harvesthousepublishers.com/book/a-quick-overview-of-the-bible-2012/"><strong>this link</strong></a>.  (Of course we're hoping you'll decide to get a copy of the whole book!)</p><p>The lesson answers the following 10 questions:</p><p>1. The OT God seems unfair, unpredictable, capricious. Is he really just?<br />2. Does God show favoritism? Wasn't anyone on the planet saved before he chose the Jews?<br />3. Wasn't Yahweh hot-tempered?<br />4. But still, didn't the Hebrew God play rough?<br />5. Why isn't the OT God "nice" like God in the NT?<br />6. It almost seems as if God is just waiting for us to trip up. Isn't he a bit of a sadist?<br />7. Why was the Lord concerned only with the outward behavior? The NT God looks at the heart.<br />8. Wasn't the old covenant a covenant of works? Since no one could measure up, they were always "in the doghouse."<br />9. Was the Lord just experimenting in the OT? Why didn't he get it right the first time?<br />10. How could God approve of so many inhumane institutions? Why didn't he overthrow them, instead of endorsing them?</p><p><i>In connection with Q.10, please click </i><a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/?p=508"><i><strong>here </strong></i></a><i>for the podcast on Slavery.</i></p>