Perfect Hatred

Hosts Corey J. Mahler coreyjmahler.com @CoreyJMahler Woe aka Eschatologuy @treblewoe As Christians, we are required to affirm the whole counsel of God — and that particularly includes those parts that the modern world would prefer to ignore, or even to condemn. We are told that love is a matter of permissiveness and that Christians must not — cannot — hate. But is that what Scripture says about the matter? The numbers certainly tell a different story. For Scripture certainly speaks of love: αγαπη (‘love’) — 115, NT; 15, LXX αγαπαω (‘to love’) — 143, NT; 213, LXX αγαπησις (‘loving’) — 0, NT; 8, LXX αγαπητος (‘beloved’) — 61, NT; 17, LXX but it just as certainly speaks of hate: μισεω (‘to hate’) — 40, NT; 143, LXX μισος (‘hate’) — 0, NT; 11, LXX μισητος (‘hateful, hated’) — 0, NT; 4 LXX εχθρα (‘enmity’) — 6, NT; 15, LXX εχθρος (‘hostile’) — 32, NT; 320, LXX We dare not attempt to be more righteous than God, and we dare not call anything God does or commands wicked. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” If God says to hate, then it is our duty to understand what we must hate, and (if possible) why. He, who does not hate, does not love. Subscribe to the podcast here. Show Notes “love” “hate” “enmity” See Also “Marquart on The Question of Procedure in Theological Controversies” {Be like this man.} “The Myth of “Righteous Anger” What the Bible says about Human Anger” {Not like this one.} “God’s Mandate for Righteous Anger” [PDF] Transcript The transcript for this episode can be found here Other transcripts can be found here Support the Podcast Recurring Donation One-Time Donation Cryptocurrency Donation Mahler’s: Throne.com Wish List | Amazon.com Wish List Woe’s Amazon.com Wish List The Stone Choir 2024 Challenge Coin Comments? Join the discussion on Telegram, visit the feedback form or comment below. function waitForElement(selector, callback) { const interval = setInterval(function() { const element = document.querySelector(selector); if (element) { clearInterval(interval); callback(element); } }, 100); // check every 100 milliseconds } function updateTranscriptLink(audioSrc) { const episodeNumber = extractNumber(audioSrc); if (episodeNumber) { const transcriptLink = document.querySelector('a.transcript-link'); if (transcriptLink) { transcriptLink.setAttribute('href', `/transcripts/transcript-episode-${episodeNumber}/`); } else { console.error('Transcript link not found.'); } } else { console.error('Episode number could not be extracted. The audio source was: ' + audioSrc); } } // Function to extract the number from the audio file name function extractNumber(src) { const match = src.match(/e(\d+)\.m4a/); return match ? match[1] : null; } // Start waiting for the audio element to appear in the DOM waitForElement('audio[src*="s.stone-choir.com"]', function(audioElement) { const audioSrc = audioElement.getAttribute('src'); updateTranscriptLink(audioSrc); });