Psalm 137:9 infamously declares, “Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!”
What are we to make of this prayer for violence, against infants no less—especially in light of the New Testament’s teaching on non-retaliation and loving our enemies?
Renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke joins me on What in the Word? to discuss.
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If Jesus is perfectly sinless, why would he need to participate in John the Baptist’s baptism for repentance? If he is fully righteous, what does it mean for his baptism “to fulfill all righteousness” (Matt 3:15)?
Patrick Schreiner joins me on What in the Word? to discuss.
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In 2 Kings 2:23–24, a group of what many English translations render “small” or “little boys” mock Elisha saying, “Go up, bald head!” Elisha responds by invoking a curse, summoning two bears from the woods who devour forty-two of them.
Was Elijah just a crotchety old man who couldn’t take a bit of a joke, or is something more at play here?
Old Testament scholar Jonathan Akin joins me on today’s episode of What in the Word? to discuss.
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The Bible was used to support the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and the evils of slavery in the Antebellum South. But does scripture actually support slavery?
Author and apologist Rebecca McLaughlin joins me on today’s episode of What in the Word? to discuss.
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Luke records that the early church in Jerusalem held everything in common: Believers sold property and land and gave proceeds to the apostles who distributed the funds as any had need (Acts 2:44–45; 4:32–37).
So did the early church practice something like communism? Dr. Darrell Bock joins me on today’s episode of What in the Word? to discuss.
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