Theo-Centric Approach To The Biblical Violence

Have you ever struggled to reconcile the violence in the Bible with the image of a good and loving God?

For many, the God who commands wars, judgments, and destruction in the Hebrew Bible feels impossible to reconcile with the merciful Savior of the New Testament. Is this really the same God?

This paper confronts that very question, not by softening the Bible’s hard truths, but by re-centering our approach around God Himself. Instead of explaining away divine violence to fit modern sensibilities, it argues for a theocentric lens, one that takes God's holiness, sovereignty, and mystery seriously.

The paper reveals how the “God of Israel” and the “God of the Cross” are not in conflict, but in perfect unity. The God who thundered at Sinai is the same God who bled at Calvary.

If you've ever sensed a disconnect between the Testaments, or between justice and love, wrath and mercy, this will help you see the unified, unchanging character of the God of the Bible.

This isn’t about making God fit into our moral framework, it’s about discovering a God whose ways are higher than ours, yet whose story holds together from Genesis to Revelation.