Welcome to the podcast Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.

I'm your host Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics at Talbot School Theology

Biola University.

Today we've got a guest on today to discuss one of the most thorny issues in the Old Testament.

Why is the Old Testament God seemingly so violent?

How could God in the Old Testament command genocide? Well in this bonus episode

I get a chance to talk to a biop professor Charlie Trim who actually teaches a class at

Biola on this very topic and his goal is not to give a specific

answer but to walk through different options and approaches Christians take

so we can be thoughtful about approaching this tough

question. So we have talked about this before in the past but we're going to go into

more depth on this because this was actually first an interview on my YouTube channel which is in

partnership with the Talbot apologetics program so it's a little longer and has a little more

depth than a typical think bibically episode but I think you're going to find it's right in line with what we typically cover here.

So enjoy and we hope you'll consider sharing it with a friend.

Hey friends, we are glad you're with us we are talking about a really difficult topic today

which is violence in the Old Testament and I don't know anybody more qualified to discuss

this than my friend and colleague at Taub School Theology,

Biale University, Dr. Charlie Trim. Dr. Trim, thanks so much for coming on to discuss

this.

Thanks for having me. Looking forward to the conversation.

Yeah for those who might not be familiar with you and your work the reason I said

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