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December 5, 2015 By Ryan Nelson   |   21 Comments

Old Testament Violence, Israel’s Holy War, and the Genocide of Giants

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1 Samuel 17:47

One of the hardest things for me to wrap my brain around as a Christian is how a God who defines himself as love (1 John 4:8) and defines the greatest form of love as laying down your life for someone else (John 15:13) could lead Israel on a bloodbath in the Old Testament.

Does God’s seemingly violent nature in the Old Testament change how Christians should see violence today? Does God’s violence justify ours?
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