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The Bible depicts God commanding moral atrocities. Should we believe it?
The Bible includes some descriptions of divine action which are fundamentally at odds with the moral perceptions of properly functioning […]
biblical ethics, biblical violence, ethics, hermenutics, moral knowledge, moral perceptionThe Lost World of the Israelite Conquest: A Review
John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton. The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest. InterVarsity Press, 2017. Some folks will likely […]
biblical studies, biblical violence, biblical warfare, canaanite genocideJesus, the God of Genocide, and William Barclay
William Barclay (d. 1978) is a lot like C.S. Lewis in one key respect: he was a British scholar widely […]
Bible, biblical violence, hermeneutics, revelation, William BarclayTeaching the Destruction of Jericho to Children
The way that “children’s Bibles” alter and distort biblical violence is a source of great interest to me as I’ve […]
biblical violence, children, ethics, Jericho1 Samuel 15 and Paul Copan’s Middling Compromise
This week “Unbelievable” featured Part 2 of an exchange between Paul Copan and Greg Boyd on Boyd’s new book The Crucifixion of the […]
biblical violence, ethics, Greg Boyd, hermeneutics, Justin Brierley, Paul CopanThe Violent God Debate: An Unbelievable Review
This week’s episode of Unbelievable features a debate between Paul Copan and Greg Boyd regarding Boyd’s new book The Crucifixion of […]
biblical interpretation, biblical violence, ethics, Greg Boyd, Justin Brierley, Paul CopanCan divine wrath explain divinely commanded genocide?
In his 2005 book Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace theologian Miroslav Volf provides a penetrating […]
biblical ethics, biblical violence, ethics, genocide, Miroslav Volf, Paul CopanOn Stoning the Children
I am currently writing a book which includes a short section where I talk about the practice of stoning insubordinate […]
biblical violence, Deuteronomy, Eugene Merrill, stoningDivine Violence and the Church: Is Joshua Ryan Butler’s answer sufficient?
This week “Unbelievable” with Justin Brierley featured an engaging discussion on God and wrath between Brian Zahnd and Joshua Ryan […]
Bible, biblical violence, Brian Zahnd, divine violence, Joshua Ryan Butler, Justin Brierley