The tension: Romans 5:12 has Paul teach that death passed upon all humanity because of Adam's single sin — the archetypal transgenerational punishment.
The tension: Dozens of texts describe YHWH as merciful, gracious, slow to anger, abundant in loyalty — Exodus 34:6, Deut 4:31, the Psalms, the prophets, the New Testament l…
The tension: The Torah, prophets, and Wisdom literature relentlessly command fear of YHWH — Deuteronomy 6:13, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Proverbs 9:10, Matthew 10:28, and Hebrews…
The tension: Deuteronomy 2:9 has Yahweh forbid Israel from picking a fight with Moab or seizing Moabite land, because Yahweh assigned Ar to the descendants of Lot.
The tension: Deuteronomy 2:19 and 2:37 forbid Israel from invading or seizing Ammonite land, because Yahweh assigned that land to the descendants of Lot.
The tension: The Bible holds together two streams: Deuteronomy 30:19 and Joshua 24:15 frame human destiny as a real moral choice ("choose life," "choose you this day"), whi…
The tension: Isaiah 45:7, Lamentations 3:38, Amos 3:6, and a stack of prophetic passages including Jeremiah 4:6, 18:11 and 2 Kings 6:33 explicitly attribute the creation or…
The tension: Both 2 Kings 25:8-9 and Jeremiah 52:12-13 are describing the same event — Nebuzaradan torching Solomon's temple in the fifth month of Nebuchadnezzar's nineteen…
The tension: Jeremiah 22:28-30 records Yahweh telling the prophet to "write this man childless" — Jeconiah, king of Judah, will leave no descendant on the throne of David.
The tension: 2 Chronicles 36:5-6 says Nebuchadnezzar bound Jehoiakim in fetters "to carry him to Babylon." Jeremiah 22:18-19 prophesies that Jehoiakim will receive the buri…
