8. Qanna (Jealous) As the parable "God giveth and God taketh away" reflects, the Christian God is a being of contradiction that can be merciful, and he can be illl-mannered.

Mary Patterson poses in her Memphis, Tennessee, home on December 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht) Mary P. Patterson, who was the widow of a Church of God in Christ presiding bishop and became ...