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The Hope of Holy War? A Review of The Skeletons in God’s Closet (Part 3)

January 4, 2015 by Randal

Joshua Ryan Butler. The Skeletons in God’s Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War. Thomas Nelson, 2014. This is part 3 of my review of The Skeletons in God’s Closet. For part 2 click here. Part 3 begins with the story of Rachel, a congregant at Butler’s church who […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical ethics, biblical violence, holy war, Joshua Ryan Butler, morality, Old Testament, review, The SKeletons in God's Closet, war

William Lane Craig on killing the Canaanite infants

March 4, 2013 by Randal

This is the seventh installment of my ongoing critique of William Lane Craig’s podcast on “Richard Dawkins and Driving out the Canaanites.” You can find the sixth installment here. As in previous installments, we’ll begin with Craig’s own words as we join his discussion at 10:57 into the podcast: “So the only moral question that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, genocide, herem, holy war, William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig’s defense of genocide based on a reprobate culture

March 2, 2013 by Randal

This article is the sixth installment in my series “On William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite genocide”. (You can find part five here.) At this point we join the conversation at 10:32 into the podcast when Craig observes: “When you think how utterly corrupt these Canaanite cultures were — practicing child sacrifice to their gods, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, genocide, herem, holy war, Joshua, Old Testament, William Lane Craig

Might God call Christians to participate in a future genocide?

August 4, 2012 by Randal

Christians who endorse the biblical genocides (e.g. Joshua 6-11) are fond of pointing out that these were exceptional circumstances which were necessary for Israel to maintain her purity in preparation for her role to be a light to the nations. However, they aver, the time for genocide is now over. Today we are called to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: genocide, herem, holy war

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