As part of the Munster Bible College this is an open lecture held on Sunday 18th January (4.30-8pm)

Venue:Cork Baptist Church, MacCurtain Street, Cork.

Soup and sandwiches will be served between lectures

First lecture: understanding God’s self-portrait

What motivates God?  Why would anyone study theology?

How should I respond to God?  How can I possibly understand who God is?

Why should I still read the OT?

Second lecture:difficult aspects of God’s self-portrait

How can I reconcile God’s character and the Canaanite genocide?

Doesn’t the God of the OT seem very different from Jesus?

How should we understand the treatment  of women in the OT?

Why should I study the OT, isn’t it all law  and the NT all about grace?

Michael Thigpen Ph.D, is the executive director of the Evangelical Theological Society.

He also serves as adjunct Old Testament faculty at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky.