Non-Violence

Does Romans 13 Condone Government Violence? (podcast)

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Greg deconstructs problematic interpretations of Romans 13.  Episode 649 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0649.mp3

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Jesus Said, “Buy a sword.” What did he mean?

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Yesterday, I challenged the common assumption that Jesus was violent when he drove out the animals and turned over tables in the Temple courts. (See post.) Today I want to look at the second episode…

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Should a Christian Serve as a Military Chaplain? (podcast)

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Greg argues that both hot water and cold water are good.  Episode 530 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0530.mp3

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That Weird Episode with the Pigs

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In my opinion, the single strangest episode recounted in the Gospels is the account of Jesus’ encounter with a demonized man that ended with two thousand pigs drowning themselves in the Sea of Galilee (Mk…

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What Can We Do About Gun Violence? The Rex Harsin Interview (podcast)

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Dan talks with Rex Harsin about his new documentary called “Beating Guns,” made with Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin of RAWTools. What does it mean to believe in and follow a non-violent savior while wielding a…

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How Important is Non-Violence? (podcast)

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Greg considers how God’s judgment differs from our own, making it an expression of his love. Whereas, for us, judgment stands contrary to our love.  Episode 489 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0489.mp3

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Podcast: Shouldn’t We Also Take the Command to Cut Off Our Hand Literally?

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If we take the command to turn the other cheek literally, what about the command to gouge out our eyes? Or cut off our hand?  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0452.mp3

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Podcast: What are Your Thoughts on MMA Fighting and Other Violent Sports?

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Greg *wrestles* through violence in sports. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0373.mp3

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Podcast: Who is Allowed to Kill and Who Isn’t?

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How could it have been ‘just’ to Kill Hitler but also not something a Christian should do? Greg wrestles with non-violence in a world where God uses the violence of others for his own will….

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Podcast: A Cross Vision Reading of David & Goliath

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Dan takes a shot at interpreting the David & Goliath story through a cruciform lens.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0294.mp3

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Podcast: If You Could’ve Killed Hitler, Wouldn’t You?

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Greg challenges the intuitively appealing notion of killing Hitler and thereby preventing the massacre of millions of people.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0326.mp3 —Edvard Munch, “The Murderer,” 1910

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What to Do If You See God as Violent

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God really is as beautiful as he is revealed to be on Calvary. Communicating this is my goal in everything I write—especially Crucifixion of the Warrior God and Cross Vision. But for many, to see…

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Does the Author of Hebrews Condone Capital Punishment? A Response to Paul Copan (#12)

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In his critique of Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG), Paul Copan argues that several New Testament authors condone capital punishment as directly willed by God. The most challenging for my thesis, in my estimation,…

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Was the Early Church Pacifistic? A Response to Paul Copan (#11)

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In Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) I argue that Jesus and Paul instruct Christians to love and bless their enemies and to unconditionally refrain from violence (e.g. Matt 5:39-45; Rom 12:14-21). Moreover, I argue…

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Jesus and the “Eye for an Eye” Command: A Response to Paul Copan (#10)

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As I noted in my 9th response to Paul Copan’s critique of Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG), Copan argues that Jesus merely repudiated wrong applications of OT laws in his sermon on the mount,…

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The Violent Vineyard Owner: A Response to Paul Copan (#8)

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In my previous post I addressed two of the three parables that Paul Copan argues present God in violent ways. Today I will address the third, which is the parable of a vineyard owner with…

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What About Jesus’ Violent Parables? A Response to Paul Copan (#7)

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Copan’s Argument. In Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) and Cross Vision (CV) I argue that the violent depictions of God in the OT are incompatible with the non-violent, self-sacrificial, enemy-embracing God who is fully…

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Who Killed Ananias and Sapphira? A Response to Paul Copan (#6)

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In his critique of Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG), Paul Copan makes a concerted effort to argue that the God revealed in Jesus Christ and witnessed to throughout the NT is not altogether non-violent….

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Paul’s Blinding of Elymas: A Response to Paul Copan (#5)

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In the first four posts in this “Response to Copan” series, I attempted to refute Copan’s claim that my non-violent understanding of love, as advocated in Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) and Cross Vision…

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What About the Harsh Words of Paul? A Response to Paul Copan (#4)

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This post is my fourth response to a talk given by Paul Copan at the Evangelical Theological Society in November in which he raised a number of objections to Crucifixion of the Warrior God. A…

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