Classic: Genocide in the Old Testament

Dr. Darrell Bock talks with Dr. Bob Chisholm and Dr. Gordon Johnston about issues of genocide within the Old Testament.

00:16 How can a good and compassionate God and genocide in the Old Testament go together?
03:53 Distinction between genocide and holy war
06:12 Four ways different scholars deal with this issue
10:05 Relevant passages to the discussion
18:12 Why the concept of divine judgment is paramount to the discussion
21:17 The concept is grace is incomprehensible apart from a proper understanding of judgment.
25:35 Q&A: Does God order moral purging today and if he doesn?t, what is the justification of war; when do we know that it?s right or wrong?
30:36 Q&A: Destruction of Jericho
35:13 Exhortation to avoid the trap of letting a secular worldview skew the way we understand judgment, sin, and grace