To What Extent is the Old Testament a Sufficient Revelation of God? (podcast)

The Bible is NOT the Foundation February 27, 2018

Many people imagine that the foundation of their faith is the Bible. This is viewed as the ultimate center around which everything they believe revolves. However, the foundation of the Christian faith is actually centered on a person, not a book. Whereas Islam has always presented itself as a “religion of the book,” the kingdom…

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.

Crucifixion of the Warrior God Update December 27, 2016

Well, I’m happy to announce that Crucifixion of the Warrior God is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Like many of you, I found that the clearer I got about the non-violent, self-sacrificial, enemy-embracing love of God revealed in Christ, the more disturbed I became over those portraits of God in the Old Testament that…

Why Does Jude Say Jesus Killed Disobedient Israelites? (podcast) November 1, 2019

Greg defends Jesus’s non-violence against Jude 1:5, which suggests that Jesus killed disobedient Israelites.  Episode 588 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0588.mp3

Two Questions to Unlock Violent Divine Portraits July 11, 2017

There are two basic questions that help us to interpret what is going on in the violent portraits of God in the Old Testament, as I propose in Crucifixion of the Warrior God. The First Question: What does the “God-breathed” revelation of the cross teach us about the nature of God’s “breathing”? God “breathed” his…

Reviewing the Reviews: Derek Flood May 11, 2017

In this second “Review of the Reviews” of Crucifixion of the Warrior God, I will discuss the three-part review of Derek Flood. In part 1 Derek provides a nice overview of the Introduction through chapter 2. He correctly notes that Greg’s goal in writing the book is to show how it is possible to affirm…