Is the Judgment of God Ever Punitive or Retributive?

Cruciform Aikido Pt 2: God-Forsaken Judgment July 19, 2012

So if Jesus is the supreme revelation of what God is like, as we explained in our last post, what does that tell us about the nature of God’s judgment?

As Jesus was dying on the cross he cried out, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?,” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mt. 27:46). This shocking cry reveals…

Penal Substitution View of Atonement: Did God the Father Just Need to Vent? March 26, 2013

In this video blog, Greg outlines the penal substitution view of atonement which says that the Father poured out his wrath on Jesus instead of us so that we could be forgiven. This view is very common and you might even be nodding your head in agreement with that description. However, this view creates some…

Podcast: Can a Perfectly Loving God Be Angry? December 5, 2018

Greg talks about the role of anger in this heated episode. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0426.mp3

Why Does God Seem So Harsh in 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10? (podcast) May 8, 2019

Greg interprets the Apostle Paul’s bad day.  Episode 501 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0501.mp3

How Should We Read the Imprecatory Psalms? September 25, 2016

Greg talks about reading the imprecatory Psalms (Psalms that invoke judgment, calamity, or curses, upon one’s enemies or those perceived as the enemies of God). http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0049.mp3

Jesus Did Not Teach Ethical Behavior February 25, 2015

Image by  a2gemma via Flikr Paul teaches that love is not rude (1 Corinthians 13:4–5). If we forget that the New Testament is about the new life given us in Jesus Christ, we easily misinterpret this passage to be an ethical injunction. We read it saying, “Thou shall not be rude.” So in sincere obedience we set…