Why Was There Such Cruelty in the Old Testament?
Old Testament Mass Killings
Are the mass killings recorded in the Old Testament to be deemed as genocide or massacre? Does their reality suggest that the OT God is a bloodthirsty God and thus different than the NT God? The mass killings attest to the reality of God's judgment of sin, and call us to repentance.
Show Them No Mercy
Looking at Deuteronomy 7 this article shows how texts dealing with violence and the idea of genocide should be understood in the Old Testament. They reveal the judgment of God, that God is the one who acts. The author shows how Christians should deal with these texts today through the eyes of Christ's work.
How Can a God of Love Use Violence?
After showing that violence is something neither glorified nor encouraged in the Bible, this article shows the relation of violence in the Old Testament to God, and identifies how in Christ God changed this in the New Testament, while it distinguishes biblical violence from genocide and vengefulness.
Violence in the Bible
Can Christianity advance through the use of violence? The answer is "No." Then why is there so much violence in the Old Testament? This article answers the question by pointing to principles that must govern our thinking about violence in the Old Testament.
Old Testament Perspectives on War
The Maccabean Martyrs' Contribution to Holy War
This article reflects upon the theme of holy war in the Maccabean literature by examining 2 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees. It wants to demonstrate that the martyr theology ultimately has its genesis in the book of Daniel.