Show Them No Mercy
Subtitle: 4 views on God and Canaanite genocide
Contributors: C.S. Cowles (Contributor); Eugene H. Merrill (Contributor); Daniel L. Gard (Contributor); Dr. Tremper Longman III (Contributor); Stanley N. Gundry (Series Editor)
Series: Counterpoints
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: April 1, 2003
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780310245681
Subjects: Christian theology; Religion - Theology - Biblical; Biblical teaching; Religion; Genocide; Canaanites; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament; Christian Theology - General; Christian Interest; Religion / Reference; War; Biblical Studies - New Testament
First sentence: Amid the hopes, dreams, and lives shattered when the twin spires of America's cathedral of capitalism crashed to the ground on September 11, 2001, was evangelicalism's easy accommodation with Old Testament genocidal "texts of terror" This was played out on full camera when Jerry Falwell, making an appearance on The 700 Club, reflexively attributed the deadliest terrorist attack on Americans in his to God's judgment.
Table of contents: title: The case for radical discontinuity / C.S. Cowles.; title: Responses / Eugene H. Merrill, Daniel L. Gard, Tremper Longman III; title: The case for moderate discontinuity / Eugene H. Merrill.; title: Responses / C.S. Cowles, Daniel L. Gard, Tremper Longman III; title: The case for eschatological continuity / Daniel L. Gard.; title: Responses / C.S. Cowles, Eugene H. Merrill, Tremper Longman III; title: The case for spiritual continuity / Tremper Longman III.; title: Responses / C.S. Cowles, Eugene H. Merrill, Daniel L. Gard