Podcast: Defending the Manifesto (7 of 10)

What Are Your Thoughts on Girard’s Scapegoat Model of the Atonement? (podcast) April 6, 2020

Greg praises and critiques Rene Girard’s Scapegoat theory.  Episode 655 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0655.mp3

Podcast: Why Was Satan Allowed Into the Garden to Begin With? August 16, 2018

Greg considers why Satan was allowed into the Garden.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0372.mp3

What do you think of the “Penal Substitution” view of the atonement? January 9, 2008

If asked what Jesus came to do and how he did it, most contemporary western Christians would automatically say something like, “Jesus took the punishment from God that I deserved.” This is what’s usually called “Penal Substitution” view of the atonement, for it emphasizes that Jesus was punished by God in our place. His sacrifice…

Podcast: Did Evil Exist Before Lucifer’s Revolt? November 14, 2018

Greg talks about evil and the goodness of creation, then considers some speculative inferences about the existence of creation for all eternity.   http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0416.mp3

Transported March 28, 2016

What did Jesus do on the cross that we couldn’t do for ourselves? Jesus stood in our place. God stepped in to bear the consequences of our sin. And in doing so, Christ defeated the powers, in principle, ending the cosmic war. If we will yield to God, he transports us from the kingdom of darkness into the…

Lighten Up: The Devil Messin’ With Ya February 8, 2013