Osama may be gone, but reli­giously motiv­ated viol­ence still shakes the world. Many people rightly won­der if the real issue traces back to reli­gious texts them­selves. Per­haps ter­ror is in the mind of God? The Bible — espe­cially the Old Test­a­ment — is replete with divinely sanc­tioned viol­ence. So, what are we to make of this? On 5 June at Ken­more Baptist Church (57a Ken­more Rd., Ken­more), in the 8 and 10am, and 5pm ser­vices, the Logos team will try to make sense of divine viol­ence. How do God’s justice and mercy relate? How can any­one trust this seem­ingly bi-​​polar God, for­cing one minute and for­giv­ing the next? How do we integ­rate Joshua con­quer­ing Jericho with Jesus for­giv­ing Jer­u­s­alem? Fol­low­ing the 5pm mes­sage, there will be an open forum at which any ques­tion can be asked, start­ing around 7pm. So come along, and join the dis­cus­sion as we explore how God’s got the whole world in His hands, both the right hand of power and the left of grace, together in the full­ness of love.

Outline (PDF 5th June 2011)

Manuscrupt and Slides (PDF 5th June 2011)

Discussion Guide (PDF 5th June 2011)