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Podcast: theeffect Podcasts
Episode: Prodigal Father
Description: Dave Brisbin | 6.19.16
Fathersā Day: Ancient Hebrews envisioned their God the way they experienced the patriarchs of their clansāas king, judge, executioner, administratorāas the strength of their houses, which is what the Hebrew word for father, Ab, actually means. And though they also had a balancing notion of God as mother too, as wisdom, compassion, loveāthe glue that held the family together, it was Ab by which they referred to God. Jesus had an ingenious solution to create balance. He called God his āabba,ā the name children would use for their fathersā¦a term of intimacy and affection. It created the...