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Show Them No Mercy 4 Views on God and Canaanite Genocide (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology)

C. S. Cowles

Did God condone genocide in the Old Testament? How do Christians harmonize the warrior God of Israel with the God of love incarnate in Jesus? Christians are often shocked to read that Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, commanded the total destruction--all men, women, and children--of the ethnic gro...

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It was mentioned that the author's final chapter stated that we are not commanded to go and be physically violent and that is Jesus' role to fight spiritual powers and authorities, not ours.

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I was just reading this book this morning, Four Views on the Canaanite Genocide, and the very last chapter is a great one because the theologian, Tremper Longman, he's like, look, we're not commanded...

— Episode: Joshua 1-8; 23-24 -- Part 2 : Dr. George...

Episode: Joshua 1-8; 23-24 -- Part 2 : Dr. George A. Pierce

It was mentioned that the author's final chapter stated that we are not commanded to go and be physically violent and that is Jesus' role to fight spiritual powers and authorities, not ours.

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I was just reading this book this morning, Four Views on the Canaanite Genocide, and the very last chapter is a great one because the theologian, Tremper Longman, he's like, look, we're not commanded to go and be physically violent.

That's Jesus' role in the future as he fights spiritual powers and authorities. It's not our role.

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