Understanding the epic moment in the Bible when Elijah mocks the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18 and the dichotomy which exists between the perceived harshness of the old testaments prophets vs. the overwhelming new testament admonishments to be “gentle unto all men” (2 Timothy 2:24) and to show “bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering” towards one another (Colossians 3:12).