Pastor Joe's Fire and Brimstone

About this episode

The episode explores interpretations of Bible passages related to the concept of 'fire and brimstone' and questions the portrayal of God as vengeful.

We consider a couple of prominent Bible passages that superficially seem to back up the "fire and brimstone" sermon that I once heard from a rather strident pastor. But we look at these passages more closely. We consider whether God really is vengeful and violent. We consider an alternative interpretation of these New Testament passages - and see if perhaps there is a common misinterpretation of the message of God, in both the Old and the New Testaments.

People in this episode

Host: Buzz King

Topics covered

• fire and brimstone
• Bible passages
• God's nature
• vengeance
• interpretation
• New Testament
• Old Testament

Keywords

• fire and brimstone
• Bible
• God
• vengeance
• interpretation
• New Testament
• Old Testament

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bible, New Testament, Old Testament

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