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Is Longing for Justice Inconsistent with Love? A Response to Paul Copan (#3)
Category: General
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Justice, Love, Paul Copan
Topics: Attributes and Character
In a paper delivered at the Evangelical Theological Society in November, Paul Copan spent a good amount of time arguing that aspects of the NT conflict with the understanding of love that I espouse in…
Podcast: Does Historicity of Bible Stories Matter?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Historical Criticism, History
Greg discusses his phenomenological-theological approach—or, HOW is the Bible inspired? Primarily through the narrative? Or primarily historically accuracy? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0248.mp3
Does Hebrews 11 Praise Violence? A Response to Paul Copan (#2)
Category: General
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Non-Violence, Paul Copan
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
Once or twice a week, as time allows, I will be responding to criticisms of Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) that were raised by Paul Copan in a recent paper that he delivered at…
Podcast: What If I Don’t Hear God?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Hearing God
With an eye on false-positives and excessive skepticism, Greg talks about listening to the Holy Spirit’s nudges. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0246.mp3
Podcast: Why is Greg So Big in Europe?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg proposes offering craft beers at church and shares his epiphanies about Muslim scholars. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0245.mp3
Does Paul Condone Vindictive Psalms? A Response to Paul Copan (#1)
Category: General
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Paul Copan
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
In a recent paper delivered at the Evangelical Theological Society, Paul Copan raised a number of objections against my book, Crucifixion of the Warrior of God. This is the first of several blogs in which…
Podcast: Why Is Secular Music So Much Better Than Christian Music?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Culture, Media, Music, Pop Culture
Greg considers the challenges of Christian music. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0243.mp3
A Metaphysical Defense of Free Will
Category: General
Tags: Determinism, Free Will, Metaphysics
Topics: Free Will and the Future
Warning: As the title of this post may have already suggested, this post is a bit heady – and a bit long. I’m going to get into some rather tall metaphysical grass as I go…
Podcast: Is It Wrong To Pray to Saints?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Practicing the Presence of God, Prayer
Greg discusses the risks and issues associated with praying to anyone or anything other than God. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0242.mp3
Podcast: How Much ‘War’ is there in Spiritual Warfare?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Spiritual Warfare
Greg considers violence in the spiritual realm. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0241.mp3
With Gratitude
Category: General
Tags: Gratitude, Thanksgiving
On this Thanksgiving, I would like express my profound gratitude toward all of you. I am blessed by all who frequent this site to read our posts, listen to our podcasts, and take advantage of…
Podcast: Is it Okay to Pray to God as Mother?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Nature of God
Greg considers God’s gender and the potential power of this identification can have on faith. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0239.mp3 Title: Mother Artist: Arthur Lewin-Funke Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum
Podcast: Greg Introduces His Cruciform Hermeneutic at the CrossVision Conference and Dialogues with Rachel Held Evans
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Greg Introduces His Cruciform Hermeneutic at the CrossVision Conference and Dialogues with Rachel Held Evans. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0240.mp3
What We’re Up Against
Category: General
Tags: Evil, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of this World, Satan, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Though Jesus dealt a final blow to Satan’s kingdom through the cross and resurrection, the New Testament makes it clear that Satan is still viewed as the “god of this world” (2 Cor 4:4), “the…
Podcast: Why is First Peter SO Harsh Towards Women?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Gender Roles, Jesus Feminist, Women In Ministry
Verse: 1 Peter 3
Greg looks at Peter’s harsh views of women through a Cruciform lens. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0237.mp3
Podcast: Does the Cruciform Hermeneutic Sabotage Open Theism?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Objections to Open Theism, Open Theism
Greg plays Peek-a-Boo with God and considers whether those verses Open Theists use to support Open Theism might simply be times when God is accommodating for us. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0236.mp3
The Nature of Temptation
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Desires, Sin, Temptation
How does temptation work? Based on James 1:13-16, Greg unpacks the way that desire can give birth to sin. But desire is actually rooted in our longing for God, and the desire itself—and therefore the…
Podcast: What Popular Christian Beliefs Come From Places OTHER Than the Bible?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Greg unloads a litany of beliefs that many Christians believe that come from places other than the Bible. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0235.mp3
The Violent “Church Triumphant”
Category: General
Tags: Augustine, Constantine, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence, The Church
In light of how central enemy-loving non-violence is to Jesus’ teaching and to his cross-centered revelation of God, we have to wonder why the church has refused to listen to its head and instead condoned…
Podcast: Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Halloween
Greg considers the terrors and horrors of America’s most macabre holiday. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0233.mp3