Apologist defends the Old Testament God against charges of genocide and violence, exploring divine kindness alongside severity across both Testaments.
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Apologist defends the Old Testament God against charges of genocide and violence, exploring divine kindness alongside severity across both Testaments.
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Christianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Apologetics & Evangelism) Critics outside the church often accuse the Old Testament God of genocide, racism, ethnic cleansing, and violence. But a rising tide of critics within the church claim that Moses and other "primitive," violence-prone prophets were mistaken about God's commands and character. Both sets of critics dismiss this allegedly harsh, flawed, "textual" Old Testament God in favor of the kind, compassionate, "actual" God revealed by Jesus. Ar...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content
Violence & gore
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Discusses OT accounts of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and violence
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No profanity or strong language
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation or themes
Religious content
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Central Christian apologetics analyzing OT and NT scriptures
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content
Political content
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Addresses cultural criticisms of biblical texts
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content
Abuse & suffering
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Examines biblical themes of suffering, cruelty, and violence
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