The New Covenant Is Different From the Old Testament

Some imagine that God of the Old Testament is somehow a bloodthirsty and brutal deity. Paul tells the church at Corinth to purge the evil person from among you, he means not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother. He values perfectly what we value imperfectly; loves undyingly what we sputter to love and fail. The act is smelling salts to my sensibilities, confronting weaknesses of my personality, community, and age.