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If we trust violence more than we trust God, this is idolatry.
Our culture teaches us to oppose evil with violent force. Love is what works because that is how the totality of all that is was designed.
We can justify many of our actions from the Old Testament, including the support for war and violence. We must believe so fiercely in this lordship and in the truth of the Gospel — indeed, to the exclusion of many things that others believe — that we adopt nonviolence in part to protect the God-breathcd lives of those who disagree with us. Search Forums Recent Posts. Louis, MO Contact Us. Randy Ruth added it Apr 20,
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The difficulty is how we are to understand the Hebrew Bible and the sometimes violent actions God asks of his followers e. The Old Testament is still the Bible.
One challenge is to interpret the Hebrew Bible in its context without resorting to making it any less the word of God i. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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