Podcast: Is Satan Just a Copout?

The Politics of Demonization September 9, 2015

Jonathan Martin posted a blog this week that we wanted to share called the politics of demonization (demonic talk on immigration, & other things). Have you noticed the hateful ways that we characterize the “other” in public discourse? Jonathan suspects (and we agree) that there’s a powerful force driving this tendency in all of us. As he puts it…

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

What Happened on the Cross? April 20, 2015

Since the time of Anselm (11th century), and especially since the Reformation in the 16th century, the tendency of the Western church has been to focus almost all of its attention on the anthropological dimension of the atonement, usually to the neglect of the cosmic dimension that is central to the NT. In the standard…

Podcast: If the Crucifixion Is God’s Victory Over Satan, Why Does Satan Keep Fighting? February 7, 2018

Greg talks already-but-not-yet, perspectives of the principalities, and the toilsome life of a muon.   http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0284.mp3

Why Did God Require Animal Sacrifice in the Old Testament? September 24, 2019

Question: I have a question about the atonement. Why did YHWH in the OT demand that people sacrifice animals? And if these sacrifices anticipated the ultimate sacrifice of the Messiah, as the author of Hebrews says, doesn’t this imply that Jesus’ death was necessary for God to forgive us? But why would God need his…

What Are the “Keys to the Kingdom”? September 2, 2015

And I tell you that you are Peter [petros = rock], and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on…