Did God Assist the Israelites in the Violent Battle with the Amalekites? (podcast)

Who is Responsible for Job’s Suffering? August 29, 2017

In the prologue of the Book of Job, the author seems to ascribe the responsibility for Job’s affliction to Yahweh. For instance, Satan challenges God to “stretch out [his] hand and strike everything he has,“ believing that this would incite Job to curse God to his face (1:11). The fact that the Lord responds by…

Are You Guilty of Marcionism? May 31, 2013

Greg responds to the question of whether or not his cruciform hermeneutic is anything like the heresy of Marcion, who basically advocated throwing out the Old Testament. (Spoiler: it’s not.)

Classical Theism’s Unnecessary Paradoxes April 20, 2017

The traditional view of God that is embraced by most—what is called “classical theology”—works from the assumption that God’s essential divine nature is atemporal, immutable, and impassible. The Church Fathers fought to articulate and defend the absolute distinction between the Creator and creation and they did this—in a variety of ways—by defining God’s eternal nature…

When the Law Demanded the Death Penalty October 22, 2015

The Sinai covenant is significantly structured around violence. It motivates behavioral conformity by promising rewards and threatening violence. Without the threat of violence, the law looses its “teeth.” If the law is an acquiescence to sin, then the divinely sanctioned violence that is associated with it must also be considered an acquiescence to sin. The…

Podcast: Why Does Peter Say Lot Was a Righteous Man? March 16, 2018

Greg ponders the moral judgements of Lot by Peter in light of Lot’s treatment of his daughters.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0302.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.