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apocalyptic

How will the Christians know when to commence the killing?

November 9, 2012 by Randal

A few months back in my essay “Might God call Christians to participate in a future genocide?” I pointed out that Christians who believe that God commanded genocides in the past are forced to consider the possibility that he might command a genocide in the future. I pointed to Revelation 19:11-18 which describe a cataclysmic […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apocalyptic, genocide, pacifism, revelation, violence

What was in Jesus’ hand? Lessons on why you can’t take the Bible literally word for word

October 3, 2011 by Randal

According to a 2007 Gallup survey “About one-third of the American adult population believes the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally word for word.” Now let’s think about this. Would you please open your Bibles to Revelation 1:14-16: *ahem* “His head and hair were white like wool, as white […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apocalyptic, Bible, Christianity, doctrine, Gallup, hermeneutics, interpretation, revelation, theology

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