Troubling War Texts

Sermon Notes———Introduction: Troubling War Textskill all (women, children, men)yes, we killed everyonenot one person is left standingnone remain breathing———Traditional: Yes, it literally happened. But God is good, just and holy. We simply cannot to resolve the ethical problems (mystery).New Atheism: God wanted to literally kill every breathing Canaanite men, women and children. So, you worship a genocidal God. ———Better Answer?1. Hyperbole2. Incremental Ethic3. The crying war God4. The war God who hates WMDs5. The war God who hates David’s bloody war hands6. Q&A———1. HyperboleIs hyperbole truthful? 2. Incremental Ethic3. The crying war GodSubversive war textsI [God] weep as Jazer weeps … I drench you with tears … my heart throbs for Moab like a harp, my very soul laments for [them] …—Isaiah 16:9,11I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all Moab; for the people of Kir Hareseth I mourn. More than for Jazar I weep for you… .My heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the people of Kir Hareseth …—Jeremiah 48:31-32, 36