Podcast: How Does God’s Wrath Fit within a Cruciform Theology?

Podcast: A Cross Vision Reading of David & Goliath June 21, 2018

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

Violence: What Did Jesus Do? February 1, 2013

Thomas Quine via Compfight Here’s a spot-on reflection on what Jesus taught us about responding to violence. Whatever you think about the justification of violence in particular situations, as Christians we simply cannot escape the fact that Jesus demonstrated another way. From the reflection: And though he had access to unlimited power to have himself released…

God’s Shadow Activity [Sermon 7/15/12] July 18, 2012

If we believe the whole Bible is inspired, how do we reconcile the Old Testament with the self-sacrificial, enemy-loving God revealed in Jesus Christ? In this past Sunday’s sermon at Woodland Hills Church, Greg succinctly summarizes his own thoughts by echoing that of the apostle Paul: the Old Testament is a shadow of the reality which is found in Christ.

The Heavenly Missionary March 28, 2017

In his second sermon introducing the ideas in Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Greg suggests a metaphor to help us frame the things we encounter in the Old Testament that seem at odds with the God we find in the life and death of Jesus. God is a heavenly missionary who stoops to accommodate our…

Podcast: Why Did Jesus Say He Came to Bring a Sword? April 9, 2018

Greg considers what Jesus meant when he said he had come to bring a sword.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0312.mp3

Scripture’s God-Breathed Imperfections May 16, 2012

“Inerrancy” of Scripture

As a conservative evangelical who accepted the “inerrancy” of Scripture, I used to be profoundly disturbed whenever I confronted contradictions in Scripture, or read books that made strong cases that certain aspects of the biblical narrative conflict with archeological findings.