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Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters.

One of the real challenges of studying the Hebrew Bible is figuring out how to make sense of

stories of divine violence, where a God

of love seems hard to find. These passages raise real questions about the nature of God and what

it means for us as we try to live faithfully. Our guest today is Riley Risto, director of Latter-day

St. Peace Studies, who joined the church after a powerful mystical experience while praying

about the Book of Mormon. It was an experience that has centered his life on Jesus and shaped his lifelong effort to take Christ's teaching seriously in a world and a Bible full of violence and conflict.

In this episode, Riley invites us to engage scripture through what's called a cruciform lens.

It's the idea that if Jesus gives us the

clearest picture of who God is, then his life and teachings should shape the way we understand

every Bible story. Instead of letting the most troubling passages define our image of God, we begin

with Christ and the cross, and allow his life and his radical call to love our enemies, guide

the way that we wrestle with the rest.

Along the way, we explore what René Gerard's work on scapegoating might reveal about violence in Scripture,

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