The Problem of the Old Testament God's providence and apparently desirable

and apparently desirable

Malcolm Maclean is a retired minister of the Free Church of Scotland

\nA spiritual reformation of society starts with a spiritual reformation of men

As a volume of the New International Commentary on the Old Testament

* readable and applicable exposition

The Problem of the Old Testament God's providence and apparently desirable\nFor Christians, the Old Testament often presents a conundrum. We revere it as God's Word, but we don't always comprehend it. It has great truths beautifully expressed, but it also has lengthy lists of names that we cannot pronounce, detailed rules for religious rites that we never observe, and grim stories that we never tell our children. Theologians and laypeople throughout church history have struggled to define it, interpret it, and reconcile it