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    On William Lane Craig’s defense of the Canaanite slaughter (Part 1)

    February 8, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 31 Comments

    The other day I was catching up on some of William Lane Craig’s “Reasonable Faith” podcasts when I came across […]

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    Bible, genocide, Reasonable Faith, Richard Dawkins, violence, William Lane Craig

    Violence and the Good Book: My interview with Eric Seibert

    January 21, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 30 Comments

    A few weeks ago I published a review of the book The Violence of Scripture (Fortress, 2012) by Eric Seibert, Professor of Old […]

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    Bible, Eric Seibert, ethics, hermeneutics, Old Testament, The Violence of God, violence

    Does Jesus commend the killing of children in Mark 7:10?

    January 10, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 24 Comments

    In “Would Jesus stone a misbehaving child?” I argued that he wouldn’t. One of my readers, Jeff, responded as follows: […]

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    Jesus, Old Testament, punishment, torah, violence

    On the Bad Stuff in the Good Book: A Review of Eric Seibert’s The Violence of Scripture

    December 26, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 5 Comments

    Eric A. Seibert. The Violence of Scripture: Overcoming the Old Testament’s Troubling Legacy. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012. There is a […]

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    Bible, Eric A. Seibert, ethics, Old Testament, review, The Violence of Scripture, violence

    Filicide in “biblical” perspective. But which biblical perspective?

    December 16, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 31 Comments

    Now I’m slowly getting caught up on some of last week’s comments. In this article I address a comment in […]

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    Bible, capital punishment, corporeal punishment, ethics, law, torah, violence

    Should lazy teenagers be stoned?

    December 14, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 8 Comments

    “All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.” (Psalm 119:160)   Imagine that you open up the […]

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    Bible, ethics, law, revelation, torah, violence

    How will the Christians know when to commence the killing?

    November 9, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 61 Comments

    A few months back in my essay “Might God call Christians to participate in a future genocide?” I pointed out […]

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    apocalyptic, genocide, pacifism, revelation, violence

    Christian moral schizophrenia and psychopathy

    August 13, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 105 Comments

    In “Might God call Christians to participate in a future genocide?” I pointed out that Christians who believe God commanded […]

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    Bible, genocide, Jerry Shepherd, psychopathy, violence

    What in hell is going on? A Review of Sharon Baker’s “Razing Hell” (Part 2)

    July 8, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 4 Comments

    Sharon L. Baker. Razing Hell: Rethinking everything you’ve been taught about God’s wrath and judgment. Westminster John Knox Press, 2010. […]

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    atonement, ethics, hermeneutics, Old Testament, Razing Hell, Sharon L. Baker, violence
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