Ben Witherington III is the Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of over 60 books, including "Priscilla: The Life of an Early Christian" (IVP Academic, 2019), "Biblical Theology: The Convergence of the Canon" (Cambridge University Press, 2019), and the book discussed in this interview, "Who God Is: Meditations on the Character of Our God" (Lexham Press, 2020).
0:00 - Introduction
0:43 - Origin of the book
2:56 - Book overview
7:58 - Biblical understanding of "Love"
9:45 - An argument against Predestination
12:21 - Connection to Johannine Literature
14:22 - The Shema and Christian understanding of God
17:23 - How does a loving God punish people?
24:01 - What can we learn from the current pandemic?
27:09 - How can we pursue the unity that Jesus prayed for in John 17?
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