TEN FOOT POLE

Ep 4.5 Silence from God with Pastor Andrew Rickel

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The pinnacle text of terror, buckle up.  Pastor Andrew and Pastor A.J. dive into our last installment of the Judges study with the hardest violence for us to wrestle with: violence where God does not show up.  What do we make of this in our faith and our lives? This discussion is about the Levite’s concubine in Judges 19.  Discussion guide is available at www.tenfootpolepodcast.com/judges

Discussion Questions:

  1. Do we accept this treatment of women as just a part of history? Or something systemic still at play?
  2. What do you make of the silence of God in this story? What do you make of the question of “theodicy”? The age old question of where is God?
  3. When and how does God show up? What agency is on us? Do we need to ask for help to receive it from God?
  4. How do we use the law to create our own society and what we want even if it’s contrary to what God may want for us? I.e. pick and choose Old Testament laws to enforce?
  5. Who is sacrificed at the altar of the phallocentric world?
  6. What is your working theology of violence in the bible after this study?
  7. What does this tell us about God?

    8. Other notes:

    1. “Homophobia and Masculine Domination in Judges 19-21” James Harding, University of Otago, New Zealand, published November 2, 2016 in the journal: The Bible & Critical Theory.  https://bibleandcriticaltheory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/vol12-no2-2016-homophobia-and-masculine-domination-harding-662-2594-1-PB-1iuc3eo.pdf 
    2. Dr. Crystal Hall’s Women in Ministry and Money Workshop: https://www.crystalhallphd.com/events
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