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Joshua 6 in Zondervan’s True Images Bible

April 23, 2014 by Randal

I have long been interested in the way that Bibles interact with the violent portions of scripture. In “How do you teach God’s genocide to children?” I noted how the Zondervan Adventure Bible for children deals (or doesn’t deal) with the genocidal mandate in Deuteronomy 20. Here below I have another example, this one drawn […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, genocide, herem, hermeneutics, inspiration, Joshua, Larry Norman, revelation

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

If “The Bible is not a children’s book” then why do we have children’s Bibles?

August 24, 2011 by Randal

Steve Hays of Triablogue wrote a response to my discussion of teaching biblical genocide to children called “Scout’s Honor!” It includes all the hallmarks of Hays’s critical analysis (or lack thereof) including the claim that I accept the UN as my “moral authority”. (How’s that supposed to work exactly?! “Hmm, has the UN addressed whether […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atonement, Bible, children, David and Goliath, genocide, Jesus, Joshua, Noah, Steve Hays, theology, Triablogue, war

How do you teach God’s genocide to children?

August 21, 2011 by Randal

In this “classic post” from my CP days I explore the thorny issue of how Christians introduce the darker parts of the biblical narrative — in particular the Joshua genocide — to a young readership. The answer seems to be: not very well. *** I recently bought my seven year old daughter her first complete […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Adventure Bible, biblical violence, genocide, Joshua

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