Show Them No Mercy
Wesleyan theologian Thomas A. Noble rightly suggests that the starting point in forming a truly Christian theology is not what the Bible teaches about God in general but what Jesus reveals about God in particular.
C. S. Cowles, Eugene H. Merrill, Daniel L. Gard, Tremper Longman III • Show Them No Mercy
The God disclosed in Jesus and testified to in the Hebrew Scriptures is no respecter of gender, religion, or nationality. He is especially attentive to widows and children. Though the Sidonians were despised by the Israelites, who would have annihilated them if the tribe of Asher had carried out its assignment, they were precious in God’s sight and
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How do we harmonize the warrior God of Israel with the God of love incarnate in Jesus? How can we reconcile God’s instructions to “utterly destroy” the Canaanites in the Old Testament with Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” in the New Testament? The short answer is: with great difficulty.