As a follow-up to the “God and deception” post, let me sketch out my position on the issues I raised. I define a lie as the deliberate utterance of a falsehood — something contrary to reality — with specific intent to deceive or conceal the...
Decalogue
Does God Lie?
This has been on my list of things I really want to dive into (having taught ethics for a number of years). We know that there are specific statements asserting very clearly that God does not tell lies (e.g., Num. 23:19; Titus 1:2). However, God does use deception. ...