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Why The Old Testament Feels So Violent
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Why does the Old Testament read like a battlefield, and how are we supposed to square that with a God we’re told is love? Chaplain Terry Warner takes that question head-on by going to the place many people skip: Deuteronomy 28 and 29. We read through the covenant curses in plain language and sit with how severe they sound, because you can’t understand the “why” of Old Testament judgment without seeing the warnings that came first.
From sickness and scarcity to defeat, exile, and oppression, the text describes what happens when God’s people refuse to listen and choose a…
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