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Justin Taylor

Evangelicals who redefine genocide? A response to Justin Taylor

February 24, 2013 by Randal

A few days ago Matt Flannagan took issue with my claim that William Lane Craig is defending biblical genocide. In Matt’s view, what Craig is defending is not genocide at all. It soon became evident that Matt and I disagree over how the word “genocide” is to be defined. This is an important issue and […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Bible, ethnic cleansing, genocide, Justin Taylor, Old Testament, theology

Putting God in the Dock? A response to Justin Taylor

February 13, 2013 by Randal

Thanks to Adam Omelianchuk and Walter for making me aware of Justin Taylor’s posted defense of biblical genocides. As Walter noted in his comment, there isn’t anything new here. But after giving it a brief read I did decide to comment on one section that reflects a very common error in thinking. Here’s what Taylor […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, exegesis, genocide, God, hermeneutics, Justin Taylor, Old Testament, violence

How to declare Rob Bell not an evangelical theologian (if you must)

March 6, 2011 by Randal

Alex Jordan responded to my critique of the Rob Bell Affair (or what I call “RobBellGate”; Geez, it has the same number of syllables as “Watergate”, so why is it so unwieldy?) as follows: You put a really bad spin on what Justin Taylor and others were doing. You claim they act within of a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Hans Kung, Inquisition, Justin Taylor, Rob Bell, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Rob Bell, the heresy hunters, and the evangelical culture of fear

March 6, 2011 by Randal

Apparently there was quite a kerfuffle this week when word got around that Rob Bell’s new (and as yet still unreleased) book Love Wins is, or probably does, or might, support universalism in some way. Apparently it all started when influential blogger Justin Taylor concluded after viewing a two minute promotional video that Bell is a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Al Mohler, evangelicalism, heresy, heterodoxy, John Piper, Justin Taylor, orthodoxy, Rob Bell, universalism

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