We started our discussion on the identity of God by pointing out that we rely on images from the Old Testament to learn and understand more about who God is. These images present us with rich metaphors about God. I would like to start today’s class with a quick description of what a metaphor is. …

Note: large segments of this class have been taken from The Suffering of God by Terence Fretheim.  Today we will continue our discussion that we started last time on the character of God in the Old Testament. Last time, we discussed how we often get hung up on the question: Do you believe in God?…

Last week, I presented a conversation I’d had with ChatGPT on the subject of Grace and Salvation. Jason commented on the importance of carefully crafting the questions or “prompts” you give to ChatGPT and similar AI “models”. The quality of the response you get is directly related to the quality of your prompt. Remember the…

In Dr. Weaver’s long recovery from illness, I’ve found myself talking from the class podium rather more than I might like (and, I would bet, far more often than you might like!), and I’ve been using AI to help me in that task. I have never hidden that from you, but since I’m about to…

Michael: Today will be the first part of a two-part discussion on the character of God in the Old Testament. I will be heavily relying on and quoting from the book The Suffering of God by Terence Fretheim.  We often get hung up on the question: Do you believe in God? And forget about the…

A few weeks ago, I gave a sermon to the youth at a local church. My message centered on the concept of God’s grace, and I chose to illustrate it using the parable of the wedding feast. Let me summarize my sermon.  In the parable of the wedding feast, a king invites both good and…