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Issues, Etc.

Difficult Old Testament Passages, Part 5 – Dr. Reed Lessing, 5/8/26 (1282)

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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0:00.0

Issues, etc. regular guest Dr. Reed Lessing and Dr. Andrew Steinman are co-authors of the Issues,

0:05.3

etc. Book of the Month for May, wrestling with God, understanding difficult Old Testament passages.

0:11.8

This new book is published by Concordia Publishing House. Their phone number, 1-800-3253040,

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or find out more about wrestling with God at Issue ZTC.org.

0:22.7

Wrestling with God, understanding difficult Old Testament passages,

0:26.3

the issues, etc., book of the month.

0:28.8

This week on the Word of the Lord endorsed forever,

0:31.7

we cover Psalms 109 through 111 with Let Him Come forth guilty,

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clothed with cursing.

0:42.2

You, O Lord, have done it.

0:47.4

Sit at my right hand, and he has caused his wondrous works to be remembered.

0:51.1

Join me, Pastor Will Whedon, for the Word of the Lord indoors forever.

0:55.5

Your daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study on demand, listen at the wordendors.org or your favorite podcast provider.

1:08.3

It's a common objection that we hear to Christian opposition to deviant forms of sexuality.

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I say, well, all your opposition there is based in Old Testament laws, and those Old Testament laws,

1:22.6

you have to take them all, or you have to disregard them all because they all come as a whole. So if you oppose

1:29.6

homosexuality, for instance, then you must also oppose wearing clothing that consists of two different

1:36.6

fabrics. But are those two Old Testament laws equivalents? Welcome back to Issues, Et cetera. I'm Todd

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Wilkin. Joining it for part four of our series

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on difficult Old Testament passages. Today, our Old Testament, sexual law is still binding, and what

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about divine anger and vengeance in the Old Testament? Dr. Reed Lessing, he's the Edwin F. and Esther L. Lash

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chair of Old Testament Studies at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, co-author of the issues,

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