The “Genocide” Accusation Against the Bible—And Why It Fails

March 16, 2026

by Brad Harrub, Ph.D. Every semester, thousands of college students sit in classrooms where the Bible is ridiculed or reduced to a caricature. One of the most common accusations they hear is this: “If God is real, why did He command genocide?” For many young Christians, that question lands like a punch to the gut.…

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You Shall Not Murder (Dearman)

April 28, 2013

by Jim Dearman “You shall not murder!” That was God’s command as part of the Ten Commandments, and it is reinforced in the New Testament. In Romans 13:9, the apostle Paul refers to the commandment from Exodus 20:13. There he writes, “For the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall…

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