Does God Command Genocide? - ft. Dr. Daniel Hawk

Joshua 10:40

One of the core ideas in Christianity is Jesus’ command to love our neighbors as ourselves. However, the Bible is filled with violent, disturbing passages that seem to encourage tribal acts of genocide. How can a God of love also be a God of war?

In this episode, I discuss the bloodiest chapters of Joshua with Dr. Daniel Hawk to understand the historical context of these passages, how they were supposed to be read, and what we should do with these violent verses in the modern age.

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Read Dr. Hawk’s book: The Violence of the Biblical God

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