The Emotions of God, David T. Lamb
The Emotions of God, David T. Lamb
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The Emotions of God
Making Sense of a God Who Hates, Weeps, and Loves

Author: David T. Lamb

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/22/2022

Synopsis

The God of the Bible is emotional. Many Christians don't want to associate emotions with God. Emotions feel irrational, and the idea of God experiencing hate, anger, and jealousy can be confusing and problematic. And yet the Bible is full of stories where God expresses deep emotion. Christians are often left wondering how to reconcile the tension of an all-powerful God expressing seemingly uncontrollable feelings. If God is hateful and angry at humanity, is he a God worth believing in?

In The Emotions of God, biblical scholar David Lamb examines seven divine emotions—hate, anger, jealousy, sorrow, joy, compassion, and love—and argues that it is not only good that God is emotional but also that we as his image-bearers can express emotions in such a way that reflects his goodness to the world. With discussion questions and suggestions for application, Lamb challenges listeners to journey with him into a rich study of the stories surrounding God's emotions so that we might better know God and reflect the beauty of emotion to the world.

About David T. Lamb

David T. Lamb is the Allan A. MacRae Professor of Old Testament and dean of faculty at Missio Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He previously worked in campus ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and has taught extensively in various crosscultural contexts. He is the author of Righteous Jehu and His Evil Heirs, Prostitutes and Polygamists: A Look at Love, Old Testament Style, and The Historical Writings: Introducing Israel's Historical Literature (coauthored with Mark Leuchter).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rev Reads

So let me admit my bias. I had an emotional draw and longing to read The Emotions of God by David Lamb. I have always believed God is both emotional and that theologians do everyone, including themselves, a disservice when they discount or reason away the emotions of God as anthropomorphisms. To fin......more

Goodreads review by Esther

If you’re skeptical concerning emotions or you’ve never heard/read much about what the Bible says about emotions and the emotions of God, this book is a great place to start.......more

Goodreads review by Tyler

There was so much I liked about this book and so much that drove me nuts. Almost everything in the middle chapters was really helpful. Each chapter, Dr. Lamb takes an emotional category that Scripture applies to humans and to God (anger, jealousy, compassion, love, etc.) and discusses it. He begins......more

Goodreads review by Bob

Summary: A study of the emotional language used of God in scripture, considering seven emotions spoken of both in Old and New Testaments. The title of this book caught my attention. God has emotions? Readings in systematic theology taught me that God was impassible, that God does not experience passi......more

Goodreads review by David

One way to talk about God is to contemplate his attributes – his holiness, power, love, faithfulness, all-knowing, always presence, and so on. Another way to talk about God is to meditate on his names – the many biblical names and metaphors of God, of Jesus, of the Holy Spirit. Another way to talk ab......more

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