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Got Questions About God?
Category: Press
Tags: Books, Greg Boyd, Letters from a Skeptic
…Why does God create earthquakes and famines? Is your God all-powerful? Why didn’t God spare your mother? How can you believe that a man was God? On SALE: Only $2.99 David C Cook ebooks is promoting Greg’s Letters From a Skeptic starting today through January 5th. You can hop…
Lighten Up: Biblical Idolatry
Category: Lighten Up
Is the way you read your Bible drawing you closer to Jesus or further away? Something to think about. Image by David Hayward at nakedpastor.com….
Does the Old Testament Justify “Just War”?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Augustine, Cruciform Theology, Just War, Kingdom Living, Non-Violence, Old Testament, OT Violence, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
…into consideration when they went into battle. They were commanded to place no trust in their own military might or wisdom. (This is why David got into so much trouble for counting his soldiers before going into battle). Indeed, the Israelites often didn’t have to raise a sword to win…
I Bible Interpretation
…Phoenix, 2007) 3 K. Berthelot, J. E. David, M. Hirshman, The Gift of the Land and the Fate of the Canaanites in Jewish Thought (Oxford University Press, 2014) 3 D. G. Bloesch, Is the Bible Sexist? (Wipf & Stock, 2001) 2 D. Blumenthal, Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of…
II The Old Testament
…Codes of Hammurabi and Moses (Book Jungle, 2006) 2 W. T. David, Magic, Divination and Demonology Among the Hebrews and Their Neighbors (KTAV, rpt. 1969 [1898]) 3 J. Day, God’s Conflict With the Dragon and the Sea: Echoes of a Canaanite Myth in the Old Testament (Cambridge University Press, 1985)…
III The New Testament
…Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence (David C. Cook, 2013) 1 W. Swartley, Covenant of Peace: The Missing Peace in New Testament Theology and Ethics (Eerdmans, 2006) 2 —- ed., The Love of Enemy and Nonretaliation in the New Testament (John Knox, 1992) 3 W. Wink, Jesus and Nonviolence: A…
VII Christian Living
…Nonresistence (Faith Builders Resource Group, 2008) 2 R. Sider, Christ and Violence (Herald, 1979) 2 —- Nonviolent Action (Brazos, 2015) 2 P. Sprinkle, Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence (David C. Cook, 2013) 1 G. Stassen, Just Peacemaking (Pilgrim Press, 1998) 2 M. Steger, N. Lind, Violence and Its Alternatives…
VIII Philosophy
…Theology: The Nature of Theology/ Methodology V Theology: The Nature of Revelation/ Biblical Authority VIII Philosophy: Christian Worldview W. P. Alston, Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience (Cornel University Press, 1993) 3 R. J. Berstein, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism (University of Pennsylvania, 1988) 3 C. David, The Evidential…
Lighten Up: The Jesus Eraser
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Jesus, Peacemaking
“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility…” Ephesians 2:14 Image by David Hayward @ www.nakedpastor.com….
The Cross in the Manger, Part 2
Category: General
Tags: Christmas, Cross, Jesus, Power, Upside-Down Kingdom
Topics: Christology
…Roman oppressors and liberating Israel to once again be a sovereign nation, as it was under the mighty king David. But, as we know, the way Jesus, the true Messiah, ended up being a “Savior” was not by taking anyone’s life, but by offering up his life. And in doing…
When God Regrets
Category: General
Tags: Divine Foreknowledge, Free Will, Future
Topics: Open Theism
…fails, God already has a person like David waiting in the wings. Scripture reveals a God who is utterly confident of his ability to achieve his overall purposes despite the sinful rebellion of his creation. So confident is he, in fact, that he is willing to risk some loss with…
When God Needs an Intercessor
Category: General
Tags: Divine Foreknowledge, Free Will, Intercession, Prayer
Topics: Open Theism
Verse: Ezekiel 22
…Moses interceded for the Israelites and God relented (Num 14:11ff) Moses and Aaron interceded for the assembly (Num 16:20-48) Moses prayed after the golden calf incident (Deut 9:13-26) David prayed on behalf of the land that was being destroyed by an angel (2 Sam 24:17-25) King Ahab repents and humbles…
Friday Lights: Living the Best Day Ever
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Being Present, Friday Lights, Gratitude, Kingdom Living
…and full life is not a future destination, it is a present experience. Be here now. Breathe deep. Take it all in. And give thanks with every breath. In memory of my good neighbor and friend, David Ransdell. Rest in peace… Brandon Photo credit: belpo via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC…
The Key to Understanding Revelation
Category: General
Tags: Book of Revelation, End Times, Jesus, Violence
Topics: Biblical Interpretation
…finally brought forth when John hears “one of the elders” in the throne room declare that “the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed,” and he is therefore worthy “to open the scroll and its seven seals” (5:3-5). This image represents the kind of enemy-slaying…
Jesus’ Different Kind of Nation
Category: General
Tags: Blessing, Israel, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Nationalism, New Humanity
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
…banquet table for free. He promises everyone who comes to his feast that he will bring them into the “everlasting covenant” that he “promised to David.” In that same chapter, the Lord makes his global goal clear when he states how his chosen people will “summon nations you know not,…
The Politics of Jesus, Part 2
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Kingdom Living, Kingdom of God, Politics
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
…Jews longed for a political messiah, like King David, who would restore Israel to its glory through military force. At the same time, first-century Jews were deeply divided over how to respond to the political situation. On one extreme were the zealots who believed that Jews should take up arms…
Crucifixion of the Warrior God
Topics: Biblical Interpretation, Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
…more thankful for a book.” —David Fitch, BR Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology, Northern Seminary, Chicago, and author of Faithful Presence “When I read most scriptural treatments of violence, the enduring question of the coherence of Scripture is far too easily answered by wishful thinking or dismissing scriptural texts that…
The Centrality of Christ in Hebrews, Part 2
Category: General
Tags: Bible Interpretation, Christocentrism, Cruciform Theology, New Testament, Old Testament
Topics: Christology
…type of Christ, “[w]ithout father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever” (Heb 7:3). Four times this author applies to Christ a Psalm that celebrates David’s unending priestly role as king by saying his priesthood…
Endorsements for Crucifixion of the Warrior God
Category: General, Press
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
…never coerces and rejects all violence in Jesus Christ. A monumental work. Breathtaking in scope. A stunning accomplishment from one of the brilliant theological minds of our day. I could not be more thankful for a book.” —David Fitch, BR Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology, Northern Seminary, and author of…
The Entire Old Testament is About Jesus
Category: General
Tags: Bible Interpretation, Cruciform Theology, Old Testament
Topics: Biblical Interpretation
…to teach that “Christ himself indicates that the Old Testament from beginning to end is about himself” and that “[t]he whole of the Old Testament … has as its central message the suffering and resurrection of Christ.”[2] David Dockery also concludes from this passage that “[f]or Jesus, the key to…