Episode 188: God and Genocide

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Episode 188: God and Genocide

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Feb 16, 2016

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Is God a genocidal maniac?? OT scholar Dr. John Walton is back on the show, this time to decipher the OT’s stories of Israel’s apparent genocidal rampages against the Canaanites and others. Are we worshipping a lunatic? Or are we missing something in these stories? Fun for the whole family!

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Feb 16, 2016

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