{"id":5197,"date":"2014-02-20T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=5197"},"modified":"2014-02-20T10:00:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T15:00:36","slug":"what-dies-in-a-sun-scorched-land-soaked-in-the-blood-of-the-innocent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/20\/what-dies-in-a-sun-scorched-land-soaked-in-the-blood-of-the-innocent\/","title":{"rendered":"What dies in a sun-scorched land, soaked in the blood of the innocent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Keller&#8211;in the &#8220;Reason For God&#8221; chapter on God&#8217;s judgement&#8211;quotes a guy you can hear tonight at UF. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many people complain that those who believe in a God of judgment will not approach enemies with a desire to reconcile with them. If you believe in a God who smites evildoers, you may think it perfectly justified to do some of the smiting yourself. <strong>Yale theologian Miroslav Volf, a Croatian<\/strong> who has seen the violence in the Balkans, does not see the doctrine of God\u2019s judgment that way. He writes: \u2018<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If God were not angry at injustice and deception and did not make a final end to violence \u2014 that God would not be worthy of worship\u2026 The only means of prohibiting all recourse to violence by ourselves is to insist that violence is legitimate only when it comes from God\u2026 My thesis that the practice of non-violence requires a belief in divine vengeance will be unpopular with many\u2026 in the West. \u2026 [But] it takes the quiet of a suburban home for the birth of the thesis that human non-violence [results from the belief in] God\u2019s refusal to judge. In a sun-scorched land, soaked in the blood of the innocent, it will invariably die \u2026 [with] other pleasant captivities of the liberal mind<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Lecture: &#8220;Can Religion Help&#8211;or only hinder&#8211;Global Justice and Peace?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>6:15 p.m., Pugh Center<\/strong><u><\/u>, Room 170<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140220-095949.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140220-095949.jpg\" alt=\"20140220-095949.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/20\/what-dies-in-a-sun-scorched-land-soaked-in-the-blood-of-the-innocent\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"25\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Keller&#8211;in the &#8220;Reason For God&#8221; chapter on God&#8217;s judgement&#8211;quotes a guy you can hear tonight at UF. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many people complain that those who believe in a God of judgment will not approach enemies with a desire to reconcile with them. 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