Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Old Testament—The Library of an In-Your-Face God
Chapter 2: A Down-and-Dirty Creator—A Downright-Broken Creation
Chapter 3: Blessed to Be a Blessing, and Other Terrifying Thoughts
Chapter 4: From Pyramid to Promised Land: God’s Free People (Exodus through Joshua)
Chapter 5: You Cannot Serve the Lord—Really, You CanÂt (The History of Israel and Judah; Joshua 23ª—2 Kings)
Chapter 6: Mourning into Dancing, or How to Get in God’s Face
Epilogue

About the Author

Rolf A. Jacobson is Professor of Old Testament and the Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Scripture, Theology, and Ministry at Luther Seminary. He is the author or co-author of The Book of Psalms, Invitation to the Psalms, Crazy Book: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Biblical Terms and The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Old Testament: Israel's In-Your-Face, Holy God. He is on two weekly preaching podcasts, "Sermon Brainwave" and "Narrative Lectionary," both are available at workingpreacher.org


Tripp Fuller is the director of theology and humanities at The Hatchery in Los Angeles, California, and the founder and cohost of Homebrewed Christianity, the top theology podcast in the world. He's also the coauthor of Transforming Christian Theology (Fortress Press, 2009), a sought-after conference speaker, competitive home brewer, minister, and PhD candidate at Claremont Graduate University.