Comments on: One Way of Dealing with the Canaanite Conquest http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/05/26/one-way-of-dealing-with-the-canaanite-conquest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-way-of-dealing-with-the-canaanite-conquest Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 24 May 2012 20:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eric Gregory http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/05/26/one-way-of-dealing-with-the-canaanite-conquest/#comment-4843 Eric Gregory Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:51:15 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3400#comment-4843 Trevor: I just stumbled upon this post while looking through your blog after reading your latest N.T. Wright interview. I confess that I feel very strongly drawn towards Dr. Cowles' depiction of the Old Testament vs. the New.s The question I'd pose to those who submit to biblical inerrancy is this: "How did we come to believe in the inerrancy (meaning the absolute rightness and continuity) of the Scriptures we separate into Old and New Testaments/Covenants?" It is only through the Orthodox/Catholic tradition that we even HAVE Scriptures to work with, and it took several hundred years for parties to agree on books that were "Holy Scripture". Why do we now assume that those books are PRECISELY how God wanted to communicate Himself, especially after Christ walked on the earth? Should we not take Christ, his death and resurrection, the tearing of the veil, the call to "love one another", and the Epistles' non-violent encouragement as more effectual and real for us than stories of God breathing wrath onto innocents (and yes, I know that "no one is innocent", but it seems quite contradictory if not hypocritical of God, especially given His promise to judge all at the end of the age rather than in the present age). I'd strongly recommend reading "The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?" by David Bentley Hart. His position, which I believe is Orthodox, on theodicy is one to cherish, looking forward to judgment with thanksgiving rather than the typical fear most evangelicals do. http://www.amazon.com/Doors-Sea-Where-Was-Tsunami/dp/0802829767/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262803853&sr=8-6 Trevor:

I just stumbled upon this post while looking through your blog after reading your latest N.T. Wright interview. I confess that I feel very strongly drawn towards Dr. Cowles’ depiction of the Old Testament vs. the New.s

The question I’d pose to those who submit to biblical inerrancy is this: “How did we come to believe in the inerrancy (meaning the absolute rightness and continuity) of the Scriptures we separate into Old and New Testaments/Covenants?”

It is only through the Orthodox/Catholic tradition that we even HAVE Scriptures to work with, and it took several hundred years for parties to agree on books that were “Holy Scripture”. Why do we now assume that those books are PRECISELY how God wanted to communicate Himself, especially after Christ walked on the earth? Should we not take Christ, his death and resurrection, the tearing of the veil, the call to “love one another”, and the Epistles’ non-violent encouragement as more effectual and real for us than stories of God breathing wrath onto innocents (and yes, I know that “no one is innocent”, but it seems quite contradictory if not hypocritical of God, especially given His promise to judge all at the end of the age rather than in the present age).

I’d strongly recommend reading “The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?” by David Bentley Hart. His position, which I believe is Orthodox, on theodicy is one to cherish, looking forward to judgment with thanksgiving rather than the typical fear most evangelicals do.

http://www.amazon.com/Doors-Sea-Where-Was-Tsunami/dp/0802829767/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262803853&sr=8-6

]]> By: Blog Patrol (June 2, 2009) « Wayne’s Random Thoughts http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/05/26/one-way-of-dealing-with-the-canaanite-conquest/#comment-4838 Blog Patrol (June 2, 2009) « Wayne’s Random Thoughts Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:19:09 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3400#comment-4838 [...] One Way of Dealing with the Canaanite Conquest [...] [...] One Way of Dealing with the Canaanite Conquest [...]

]]> By: derek4messiah http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/05/26/one-way-of-dealing-with-the-canaanite-conquest/#comment-4839 derek4messiah Sun, 31 May 2009 16:44:49 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3400#comment-4839 Truly appalling, but honestly, as a Messianic Jew, I feel this kind of thinking is common among people with no theological training and I am not surprised to hear a scholar admit to feeling this way. Yet it is impossible to understand Jesus without the Hebrew Bible. What does a sacrifice mean? Derek Leman Truly appalling, but honestly, as a Messianic Jew, I feel this kind of thinking is common among people with no theological training and I am not surprised to hear a scholar admit to feeling this way.

Yet it is impossible to understand Jesus without the Hebrew Bible. What does a sacrifice mean?

Derek Leman

]]> By: Kingdom People – May 2009 « Kingdom People http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/05/26/one-way-of-dealing-with-the-canaanite-conquest/#comment-4840 Kingdom People – May 2009 « Kingdom People Sun, 31 May 2009 08:33:46 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3400#comment-4840 [...] Them No Mercy: Four Views of God and Canaanite Genocide Introduction One Way of Dealing with the Canaanite Conquest Other Ways of Dealing with the Canaanite Conquest Personal Reflections on the Canaanite [...] [...] Them No Mercy: Four Views of God and Canaanite Genocide Introduction One Way of Dealing with the Canaanite Conquest Other Ways of Dealing with the Canaanite Conquest Personal Reflections on the Canaanite [...]

]]> By: Aaron http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/05/26/one-way-of-dealing-with-the-canaanite-conquest/#comment-4842 Aaron Wed, 27 May 2009 10:49:50 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3400#comment-4842 If I understand the argument correctly, based on your synopsis, it is terrifying in how it plays with Scripture. In order to see God in the NT as being "just" sweet and loving and not full of wrath, you have to ignore the entire New Testament, which ups the ante on judgment significantly. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the views that are presented. Thanks for providing this synopsis, Trevin. If I understand the argument correctly, based on your synopsis, it is terrifying in how it plays with Scripture. In order to see God in the NT as being “just” sweet and loving and not full of wrath, you have to ignore the entire New Testament, which ups the ante on judgment significantly.

I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the views that are presented. Thanks for providing this synopsis, Trevin.

]]> By: brian http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2009/05/26/one-way-of-dealing-with-the-canaanite-conquest/#comment-4841 brian Wed, 27 May 2009 00:35:16 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=3400#comment-4841 Tell all that to Ananias and Sapphira. :) Tell all that to Ananias and Sapphira. :)

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