#229 Making sense of Old Testament violence (Classic)

Ask NT Wright Anything

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, History

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Tom responds to listener Qs on Andy Stanley ‘unhitching’ Christianity from the Old Testament, the historicity of the Exodus, and the way that Greg Boyd interprets violent portraits of God in ‘The Crucifixion Of The Warrior God’. First broadcast in 2019. • Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast: https://pod.link/1441656192 • More shows, free eBook, newsletter, and sign up to ask Tom your questions: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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1:46.7	We're starting it off with the Old Testament, which I find, especially among skeptics and
1:54.7	people who have objections to Christianity, often gets turned to when they want to say,
2:00.2	look at the God you worship.
2:02.7	This comes up time and again on my other podcast show unbelievable issues around Old
2:08.9	Testament warfare, violence and so on.
2:11.4	And there's a lot of questions that have come in from various people.
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