Joining us on the sofa this month is Revd Dr Helen Paynter. Helen is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence at Bristol Baptist College, which exists to facilitate cutting-edge research in the areas of biblical violence and the abuse of the bible in a violent world. We’ll be asking Helen how we can align the violent and angry God portrayed in the Old Testament with the loving God we know and experience today. Trigger Warning: Helen mentions sexual violence in broad, non-specific terms.