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Sending Out Christmas Curses

December 15, 2016 by Randal

Tired of the same old Christmas cards? According to the satirical Babylon Bee “news” site, this family unwittingly stumbled upon a brilliant alternative: imprecatory psalm cards. (Thanks to Samuel Choy for forwarding the Babylon Bee article to me.) After some reflection I’ve decided that this is not such a bad idea. At least your greeting […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Christmas, curse, imprecatory psalms, satire

Cursing the Killer: On Praying the Imprecatory Psalms

June 19, 2016 by Randal

Over the years I’ve preached my sermon on the imprecatory psalms on several occasions. Not surprisingly, when you return to an issue on multiple occasions, your position is liable to develop in particular ways. And so it is here. Initially my assessment followed that of C.S. Lewis: the imprecatory psalms represent a wicked desire for […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical violence, curse, evil, forgiveness, God, imprecatory psalm, problem of evil, sermon

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