A Reflection For When We Worry About Being Punished

Send us Fan Mail A Reflection For When We Worry About Being Punished Sometimes we worry about the consequences of our poor choices. And Bible translations that describe God as jealous and punishing sin can heighten our anxiety. Here is an alternative that is faithful to the text: “God is passionate (קַנָּא, qannāʾ) about us and attends (פָּקַד, pāqad) even to the generational consequences of our sin, as God’s steadfast love (חֶסֶד, ḥesed) runs for a thousand generations.” — from...