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*** SHOW NOTES (not a transcript) ***
Lead: God is a god of love, right? So what do we do with the idea of hatred?
Intro: Here’s an argument for you in the form of a syllogism:
God hates some things like sin and divorce.
Jesus is God.
Therefore Jesus hates some things like sin and divorce.
Now what?
Sponsor: (none)
Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):
Passage: Proverbs 10-12
Translation: ESV (English Standard Version)
Words: ~1493
Apologetics/reflections segment:
The three categories of hatred discussed today are:
Cosmic — friendship with the world is hatred toward God
Human — hatred of another mars the image of God in them
Divine — God clearly hates those who have broken His covenant; we are clearly called to hate what is evil even while loving those same covenant-breakers.(1)
Wisdom segment:
Passage: Psalm 1
Translation: ESV (English Standard Version)
Words: ~98
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Love you!
-R
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Sources and resources
(1) K. S. Ellis, “Hatred,” in New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, ed. T. Desmond Alexander and Brian S. Rosner, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 536.
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