What Is God? - Exploring Exodus and Zipporah with Bas van Os - Lucas Vos Podcast #15

Bas van Os is a father, a husband, and a theologian who recently wrote about Zipporah, Moses' wife. Today we speak about this story, and we explore what God is and how our image of God has changed over time.

 

Youtube link: https://youtu.be/OerTMuY9jZY

 

(0:00) Introduction - Why write this story?

(09:45) How the human side of the story speaks to people

(18:35) The human side of Jesus

(26:45) The factual versus the narrative

(30:05) Jordan Peterson's Exodus series

(33:15) What is God?

(40:20) Does God change?

(44:38) Does everyone deserve forgiveness?

(49:15) Does God intervene?

(59:30) The origins of Yahweh and Moses' religious education

(1:04:50) Monotheism versus henotheism

(1:11:12) Outro