Brad Jersak - A More Christlike God (N109)
Nomad Podcast10 Nov 2015

Brad Jersak - A More Christlike God (N109)

At the core of author and teacher Brad Jersak's faith is the belief that God looks like Jesus. Simple enough, right? But what about the violent 'God of the Old Testament'? What about the parable's of Jesus that liken God to an angry king? And what about all the suffering in the world that God seems to simply stand by and watch. How do these look like Jesus? We caught up with Brad in Telford, and asked him to explain.

“There’s something in us sometimes that wants a vindictive God because we’re vindictive. And of course, the vindication would be against our enemies. There’s also something in us that wants Him to be totally in control, cause the world is so chaotic.” - Brad Jersak

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