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VERN STREETER

Canaanite Genocide April 7 & 8, 2018

God Behaving Badly: “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction…”

I. Is God a Genocidal Maniac? Killing the Canaanites was an “ethnic cleansing” in which “bloodthirsty massacres” were carried out with “xenophobic relish.” –Richard Dawkins The Canaanites were “pitilessly driven out of their homes to make room for the ungrateful and mutinous children of Israel.” –Christopher Hitchens

II. What Are They Talking About?

Deuteronomy 7:1-2 – Deuteronomy 20:16-17 – Joshua 6:21 – Joshua 8:24-25 –

III. No Great Solution… but Three Perspectives that Might Help:

1. God’s War in Context (Deut. 9:4-6)

2. God’s Justice for Sin (Deut. 12:31; 18; 20; 28)

3. God’s Salvation for People (Isaiah 2:4; Gen. 12:3; Psalm 47)