The God of Moses.

 I haven’t entirely thought this through, but it seems to me that it would be a wonderful thing if the Christian Churches, or at least the mainstream ones, would clearly declare that they do not believe in or promote the God of Moses. (I don't have any illusions that the more "evangelical" groups would do this.) Moses' God  is an absolute monarch who rules, decrees, demands and punishes. The God of Moses is patterned on that of the rulers of the time in the Middle East. Not only that, this is a God patterned entirely on the principles of patriarchy, hierarchy and submission. (Obviously, I am speaking here of the idea of God.)
The covenant proclaimed by Moses is exclusively reserved to the Jews and the land offered them excludes every other people. Conquoring that land included acts of genocide.
Frankly, it is the God Jesus railed against.
However, it is not the only way in which God was understood by the Jews, even of Jesus’ time. There is also the God announced by Isaiah, Amos, Jonah and other prophets. There is also, even in the Mosaic tradition, a number of calls for recognition of a God of compassion and welcome for all peoples.

Perhaps it is our desire to alleviate the friction between Jews and Christians that has led us to be somewhat loose in our acceptance of the Mosaic tradition. While not everything is bad there and I certainly, do not want to denigrate the Jewish faith, which also in many ways is discerning in its way of interpreting Moses treatment of God, as a Christian, I do not believe in the God of Moses. Moses serves as a kind of cultural, historic reference for understanding God as announced by Jesus. But this God, Jesus’ God, is very different.  When in the world will the Churches make it very clear that Christians do not believe in a God of vengeance, a patriarchal absolute ruler? Our God is full of compassion, faithful forever, one who advises, counsels and encourages. Our God opens paths for us and walks with us.

Unfortunately, it is not just the evangelical sects who promote the God of Moses. The mainstream Churches – Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox have also done so and as a result huge numbers have left the Church and rail against it.