The Problem of the Old Testament God's providence and elders in the church

and elders in the church

Malcolm Maclean is a retired minister of the Free Church of Scotland

As a volume of the New International Commentary on the Old Testament

imitates his structure

and apparently desirable

The Problem of the Old Testament God's providence and elders in the church\nFor Christians, the Old Testament often presents a conundrum. We revere it as God's Word, but we don't always comprehend it. It has great truths beautifully expressed, but it also has lengthy lists of names that we cannot pronounce, detailed rules for religious rites that we never observe, and grim stories that we never tell our children. Theologians and laypeople throughout church history have struggled to define it, interpret it, and reconcile it