Making Sense of Divine Violence

Reflections

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God, Spirituality, Jesus, The Bible Project, Tim Mackie, Theology, Bibleproject, Meditation, Religion, New Testament, Bible, Mindfulness, Religion & Spirituality, Bible Study, Cheree Hayes, Christianity, Old Testament, Reflection

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🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

There’s a lot of violence in the Old Testament, but isn’t God loving? How do we make sense of all this? In this episode, we are exploring a few key things to keep in mind while looking at the topic of violence in the Bible. Note to parents: The terms genocide, child sacrifice, sexual fertility rituals, and sex slavery are used in this episode. Before listening with your child, consider if they are ready to be introduced to these concepts and if you are prepared to carefully answer any follow-up questions they may have.

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0:00.0	There's a lot of violence in the Old Testament.
0:02.6	But isn't God loving?
0:04.1	How do we make sense of all this?
0:22.8	Hey, this is Shuri at Bible Project.
0:25.7	In this episode, Tim explores a few key issues
0:28.6	we must keep in mind while we look at the topic of violence.
0:31.6	Head up to parents.
0:32.8	Before listening with your kiddos, check out the show notes
0:35.4	below to be sure they are ready for the sensitive content
0:37.9	in this episode.
0:39.4	If you choose to join us for the message,
0:41.1	stay tuned, because after the Bible reading,
0:43.2	we'll have a chance to reflect and respond in prayer together.
0:46.7	Listen in.
0:50.1	Hey, everybody.
0:50.6	This is Tim Mackie at Bible Project.
0:52.7	And if you're reading through the story of Israel
0:54.5	in the Old Testament, you eventually
0:56.3	come to the book of Joshua, which
0:58.1	has some of the most intense stories about God's violence
1:03.0	in the Bible.
1:03.9	God commissions Joshua to lead the Israelites
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