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Cross Vision Coming Soon!

Cross Vision Coming Soon!

In Greg’s new book, Cross Vision, he explains how the crucifixion of Jesus makes sense of the violent portraits of God in the Old Testament. His groundbreaking “cruciform hermeneutic” will change the way that you read the Bible! While Crucifixion of the Warrior God laid out Greg’s case in detail for an academic audience, Cross Vision boils it down for a broader audience.

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Sermon 7/22/12: The Shadow of the Cross

In his sermon this past Sunday, Greg continued his fleshing out thoughts from the previous week on how he reconciles the violent, disturbing portraits of God in the Old Testament with the revelation of God in Jesus Christ on the Cross. He answers a question raised by several in response to last week’s sermon: Did God actually engage…

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Podcast: HOW Does the Death of Jesus Allow Us to Be Forgiven?

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Podcast: Does the Cruciform Hermeneutic Sabotage Open Theism?

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

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Rethinking the Resurrection

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