Chris Ulery
Is God Mean?
Finding God’s Loving Motives in the Bible’s Most Brutal Stories
Coming spring 2027
Is God Mean?
Finding God’s Loving Motives in the Bible’s Most Brutal Stories
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About the book
The questions behind the book
How could a loving God flood the whole earth, including women and children? How could He send people to eternal torment for temporal mistakes? Did God really command genocide in the Old Testament? What about the slavery, misogyny, and polygamy He seems to ignore, or even endorse? Why doesn’t He end pain and suffering in the world?
If these questions have been lurking in the back of your mind, or if you’ve felt stuck when someone asks you about them, this book is for you. Is God Mean? shows that the love of God is the central feature of both the Old and New Testaments by uncovering the loving motives behind His seemingly harsh actions.
Free video series
Start with the free video series
Before the book, Chris taught through these questions in a free video series. Each episode comes with a study guide.
Episode 1: Old Testament vs New Testament God
Episode 6: How could a loving God drown the world?
Book Chris
Bring the Is God Mean? message to your church
Chris speaks on the hard questions behind the book, helping people see the loving heart of God in the Bible’s most difficult stories.