24. Did God Command Genocide? Making Sense of Violence in the Old Testament

Welcome to the All of Life podcast from Redemption Church Tempe where we have conversations on faith, culture, theology, and beyond to help us live all of life all for Jesus.

In this episode, we dive into a tough topic: holy war and violence in the Old Testament. We want to have a conversation on what is actually happening in these passages, where our misconceptions lie and did God command genocide? A great book to accompany this podcast is Josh Butler’s titled, “The Skeletons in God’s Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, the Hope of Holy War.”

Contributors for this podcast were Warren Williams, Josh Butler, and John Crawford. Sound editing by Jordan Unterburger, music provided by Warren Williams, and this podcast was produced by Stephen Collins.

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