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My Debate With Randal Rauser: All Videos Collected in Order

Here are the videos from my debate on biblical violence with Randal Rauser. I'll start with the debate itself and include, in order, the subsequent vi...

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Goff's Limited God: A Neat Solution, or a Deeper Trap?

Have you ever felt it? The sense that our universe is perfectly calibrated for life, only to be struck by the random, brutal suffering within it?

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Sola Scriptura Challenged: My Response to Cameron Bertuzzi!

You may have encountered Cameron Bertuzzi's recent video presenting his "top nine reasons why Sola Scriptura is false." He described his final three a...

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Are God's Violent Commands in the Old Testament Errors?

Do the biblical reports of God commanding the killing of non-combatants during the conquest contain theological or moral errors regarding God's actual...

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Is God a Moral Monster that Commanded the Killing of Noncombatants?

Have you ever read the conquest narratives in the Bible and felt deeply troubled? When we encounter passages commanding the destruction of entire popu...

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When Text + Archeology Supports Hyperbole

Alex O'Connor in his debate on Jubilee makes the following claim about the conquest of Ai as explained in Joshua, "[O]n the point of hyperbole, when w...

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What Was God Really Aiming For? Covenant Virtue Ethics Explained

Let's talk about something tough: Reading commands in the Old Testament, like God commanding the the slaughter of the Canaanites, and feeling deeply

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Understanding the SHOCKING Story of Ananias and Sapphira

I've been working out my view on Old Testament violence. In short, it involves understanding how God's virtues work within various covenant contexts. ...

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Beyond Rauser's View: Solving OT Violence with Covenant Virtue Ethics

Let's face it. Biblical violence is one of the most challenging moral and theological dilemmas for Christian faith. When passages describe God command...

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