This approach of reevaluating the Old Testament also encounters a few other problems. First, the New Testament accepts the stories of the Old Testament, including the violent ones. For example, the destruction and judgment of Sodom is mentioned nine times in the New Testament, but is never condemned or explained as some kind of nonviolent action. Similarly, both Stephen and Paul refer to the conquest of Canaan without condemnation (Acts 7:45; 13:19). Second, this approach cannot draw a strong line