One of the toughest challenges to the Christian faith is the claim that God is unnecessarily violent. How could God command "genocide" in the Old Testament? In this interview, Sean and Biola professor Charlie Trimm walk through the various options Christians have to approach Old Testament violence. This interview was first recorded on Sean's YouTube channel, which is in partnership with the Talbot Apologetics program, and is posted here as a bonus episode. 

Read a transcript of this episode at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/think-biblically/2020/bonus-is-christian-god-a-genocidal-bully  

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