God’s Plan for His Creation

I believe that God, in His great wisdom, has a marvelous plan for His creation (Rom. 8:18-30; 11:33-36; Eph. 1:9-11). By creating man in His own image, God has made man morally responsible (Gen. 1:27; 5:1; 9:6). Just as God has freedom, He has endowed man with freedom in order that man might freely choose [...]

Is God Unjust? 5

Here’s some more on God’s command to destroy the Canaanites. 

Is God Unjust? 4

Here’s some more of my old sermon on God’s command for Israel to destroy the Canaanites. 

William Lane Craig on the destruction of the Canaanites

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been posting on God’s command for Israel to destroy the Canaanites.  Here’s some material written by William Lane Craig on the subject. 

Is God Unjust? 3

Here’s more on God’s command for Israel to destroy the Canaanites.   
Quarantine
The Hebrew impression “herem” is very similar to our concept of quarantine. In a quarantine, a certain area is set aside for a special purpose. Usually, this is because this area has been contaminated by some sort of pollution. We quarantine an area making it [...]

Is God Unjust? 2

Last week I started to post some stuff that I wrote awhile back on God’s command for Israel to destroy the Canaanites.  Here’s some more on this difficult subject. 

Is God Unjust?

I recently had a conversation with a friend about God’s justice in destroying the Canaanites in the Old Testament. A couple of years ago I preached a sermon on the subject and since the subject was on my mind, I thought that I would post parts of my manuscript over the next week. [...]

God’s judgment of wicked cultures

Last night I watched Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto or (more accurately put) fast-forwarded through it.  It was a little brutal for me.  And by “a little,” I mean “a lot.”  However, if the Mayans were anything like Gibson portrayed them, I can understand why their society isn’t around anymore.    From Wikipedia, I gathered that it was more the [...]