The God of Genocide

They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.  Joshua 6:21  NASB Utterly destroyed – This is one of those verses that offends our moral sensitivity.  We just can’t imagine how our loving and forgiving God could order Israel to…

God of Vengeance

“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both men…