By Matt Lefebvre Introduction In the first article I wrote on The Relevance of the Old Testament, I mentioned the difficulty that many people, both Christian and non-Christian, have with some of the laws of the Old Testament. I also spoke briefly about the perception that the Old Testament was written so long [...]
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The Relevance of the Old Testament-Is God Misogynistic?
Posted: August 20, 2011 in Biblical InterpretationTags: biblical view of women, gender equality, God loves women, God woman-hater, interpreting hard passages in the law, Is God misogynistic?, laws concerning women in the Old Testament, Old Testament laws and women, polygamy in the Bible, relevance of the Old Testament, women in the Old Testament
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The Relevance of the Old Testament-Is God for Genocide?
Posted: June 14, 2011 in Biblical InterpretationTags: arguably the most unpleasant character, bloodthirsty ethnic-cleanser, Book of Joshua, Canaanite genocide, conquest of Canaan, ethnic cleansing, general revelation, genocide, God and ethnic cleansing, God and genocide, God's relationship with Israel, God's relationship with the nations, Is good from God?, Israelite warfare, justice of God, Old Testament God, Old Testament law, Rahab, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, William Lane Craig, wrath of God
By Matt Lefebvre Introduction “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all of fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” (Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, p.51) In [...]
The Relevance of the Old Testament-Is Slavery Biblical?
Posted: May 22, 2011 in Biblical InterpretationTags: ante-bellum slavery, human trafficking, new testament slavery, old testament slavery, pre-civil war slavery, slave trade, slavery, slavery in the Bible, slaves, william wilberforce
By Matt Lefebvre Introduction In the first article I wrote on the relevance of the Old Testament, I mentioned some reasons that sometimes lead people to rarely read, or completely neglect, the Old Testament of the Bible. While I explained that I feel these reasons to be overstated, I do not want to suggest that [...]
The Relevance of the Old Testament-Lest We Forget
Posted: March 5, 2011 in Biblical InterpretationTags: Christ fulfilling the law, Fulfillment of the Old Testament, God of love, God of mercy, God of wrath, how to read the Bible, New Testament use of the Old Testament, Old Testament law, relevance of Old Testament
By Matt Lefebvre Introduction How is the Old Testament relevant to us today? This is a question that can be found on the lips of various groups ranging from the most passionate Christian believers to the most antagonistic atheist polemicists. What is disturbing about this is that their answers tend to be the same at [...]
