God Behaving Badly

Judging by the comments to my last blog, some people felt like I behaved badly at Bucknell.  (And I thought the title was a joke.)  But people love controversy… — February 18, 2012

This past Sunday-Monday (Feb 12-13), I spoke at or near Bucknell University four times on topics related to God Behaving Badly. It was fantastic. Sunday morning, at First Presbyterian Church… — February 15, 2012

My first youtube video (about 2.5 minutes).  Low expectations.  Basically, a talking head. (No you can't just click on the photo below.  I have the poor man's version… — January 28, 2012

God will soon be behaving badly in both German and Korean. I just found out from IVP that God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament… — January 23, 2012

Here is gracious review of God Behaving Badly by Nijay Gupta (Review here).  He's an assistant professor of Biblical Studies at Seattle Pacific University.  (He calls it "The Perfect… — December 2, 2011

Things have slowed down.  Last week, I asked for prayer for the whirlwind.  Now, I'm in the eye.  Not sure if whirlwinds have eyes like hurricanes, but you get… — November 15, 2011

Check out this interview about GBB I gave to blogger Lisa Colón DeLay: "God Behaving Badly" (exclusive interview with author David Lamb) | The Blog of Lisa Colón… — November 9, 2011

Richard Dawkins highlights the problematic texts of the Old Testament (e.g., the Canaanite genocide in Joshua; the smiting of Uzzah in 2 Samuel 6).  Atheists like Dawkins, after… — October 11, 2011

One of the questions I get asked a lot about God Behaving Badly is why didn't I talk about this issue (e.g., homosexuality) or this passage (e.g., the… — October 5, 2011

OK, I haven't practiced shameless marketing for a long time on my blog, so I have a few things stored up. First, for those of you who live… — September 28, 2011

Received this email yesterday... Dear Dr. Lamb, I just finished your book "God Behaving Badly". I am not yet a Christian, but have been on a decade and… — September 6, 2011

Does God command genocide? One of the most difficult questions that face people who believe that the Bible is the word of God is, "Why does God command his people… — September 2, 2011

Here are some links to recent reviews of God Behaving Badly and interviews about the book. Interview podcast on Faith Radio Network (WTIS Minneapolis) for "Connecting Faith" program with… — July 26, 2011

Here's the link to the July 2011 Christianity Today excerpt (the "wedgie for a wedgie" story).  I'm now CT's go-to guy on the theological implications of wedgies (you got… — July 12, 2011

Yesterday's Sunday's Doonesbury strip (July 10, 2011) would have been perfect for God Behaving Badly (perhaps it will go into the next book?). I think the earth is old (much older… — July 11, 2011

I found out last month that Christianity Today was going to print an excerpt from God Behaving Badly in its July magazine. I've been frantically checking our mailbox… — July 2, 2011

    I had the priviledge of being interviewed about my book God Behaving Badly by Brian Auten yesterday for Apologetic315.   Brian is "director of Reasonable Faith Belfast and… — June 27, 2011

If only Eve had hired a publicist instead.  (In case you're not sure, the publicist is the one wearing clothes.) So, what did really happened in Genesis 3?  … — June 11, 2011