Destruction, death of innocents, warfare…all themes that you will find in the pages of the Old Testament. The Bible is not free of pain, suffering, and evil, sometimes making it difficult to read. Why did God allow these things? Was it his will that these things happen? If you are asking these questions, good. Dr. Andrew Swafford joins Jeff Cavins to answer these questions and lead us to a better understanding of why bad things happen in Sacred Scripture.

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00:00 Sneak Peak
00:53 Intro to Royal Kingdom
03:09 Handshake and Recap
04:19 Understanding the Rhetoric
05:03 On the Defensive
05:29 Atonement
09:08 Allegorical Sense
12:27 The Different Senses
13:15 Harem Warfare Definition
15:10 Divine Pedagogy
16:24 Mercy in the OT
17:50 Did the innocent die?
19:05 Was this Plan A?
21:04 What was God saying?
23:21 Liturgical War
25:35 It should bother you.
28:00 Excommunication
30:30 Achan’s Punishment
31:38 “Private” Sin
33:04 Injustice
35:15 This Isn’t Enough
38:00 Sensitivity to Injustice
40:48 Bad News
41:48 Relativism
44:10 Samson
51:20 Personal Study of the Bible
55:04 How to Get Children into Scripture
58:11 Dr. Swafford’s Bible
01:03:14 Favorite Character in the Bible
01:05:07 Listener Question 1
01:07:22 Listener Question 2
01:08:22 Listener Question 3
01:12:03 Listener Question 4
01:13:43 Listener Question 5

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