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psalms

Knock the Little Bastards’ Brains Out: C.S. Lewis and the Cursing Psalms

April 26, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: C.S. Lewis, hermeneutics, psalms

How to hate your enemies: Lessons from the Psalms (Part 4)

October 18, 2010 by Randal

Let’s begin with the question we ended off with last time: “why did God include the voice of the imprecatory psalmist along with that of Jesus?” To answer that question (or at least provide one possible, and to my mind very plausible, answer), we should look first at another text: 2 Samuel 12. Here’s the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Carolyn Sharp, imprecatory psalms, irony, problem of evil, Psalm 137, psalms

How to hate your enemies: Lessons from the Psalms (Part 3)

October 16, 2010 by Randal

Does God really hate the wicked? Does he ask us to? The Psalms would seem to suggest this but C.S. Lewis offers us another approach.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bible, C.S. Lewis, Dostoevsky, imprecatory psalms, inspiration, psalms

How to hate your enemies: Lessons from the Psalms (Part 2)

October 13, 2010 by Randal

We all tend to look at life through rose-colored glasses, at least rose colored where our own assumptions are concerned. As I noted last time round, this is certainly evident in the way that Christians tend to read the psalms, meditating on the praises, thanksgiving and wisdom while screening out all the imprecations. And I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, god-breathed, imprecatory psalms, inspiration, John Piper, psalms

How to hate your enemies: Lessons from the Psalms (Part 1)

October 9, 2010 by Randal

I just got back from a conference I spoke at in Vancouver, my topics being genocide, doubt, and the imprecatory (cursing) psalms. I offer here some initial thoughts on the imprecatory psalms. A friend of mine says, “I know what you mean by what you do.” Evangelicals say that “All Scripture is God-breathed and is […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evangelical, imprecatory psalms, inspiration, maledictory psalms, psalms, scripture

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