Does God Command That We Curse Our Enemies? (with Charlie Trimm)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Talbot, Church, Christianity, Christian, Culture, Biola, Sean Mcdowell, Religion & Spirituality, Scott Rae, Think Biblically

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The imprecatory psalms--some of the most difficult parts of the Bible, are the places in which the psalmist asks God to bring judgment on one's enemies, often in very harsh language. Talbot OT professor, Dr. Charlie Trimm, helps us understand how these psalms fit in with Jesus' command to love your enemies. Join Scott and Sean for an interesting discussion that will help you understand this complicated area of the Bible. Charlie Trimm is an associate professor and chair of the Old Tes...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast, Think Biblically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.
0:06.4	I'm your host Scott Ray, Dean of Faculty and Professor of Christian Ethics,
0:10.5	here at tablet School of Theology, Biola University.
0:13.6	And I'm your co-host Sean McDow,
0:15.0	professor of apologetics at Taubis School of Theology
0:18.0	Biola University.
0:19.6	We're here today with our guest, Professor Charlie Trim,
0:22.4	who teaches Old Testament at the undergraduate level at
0:25.5	Talbot School of Theology here at Biola University, who is an expert on some of the most difficult
0:31.5	aspects of Old Testament theology.
0:35.0	He's written a lot on the idea of divine violence,
0:39.3	warfare in the ancient world.
0:41.8	His encyclopedic book on this is called
0:44.2	Fighting for the King and the Gods, warfare in the ancient Near East.
0:47.7	He is a book coming out on Old Testament theology that will be out.
0:52.1	But one of his special areas of expertise
0:54.6	is a part of the Psalms and the poetic literature
0:58.6	called the imprecatory Psalms.
1:01.2	And so I've titled our session, does God command that we curse and hate our enemies?
1:07.4	And so Charlie, with that as an introduction, welcome to our podcast.
1:11.4	Thanks so much for being with us.
1:13.7	Thanks for inviting me.
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