Cross Vision

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

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Greg keeps his hands in the air as he battles against Old Testament interpretations that portray God as violent.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0748.mp3

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Did God Destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? (podcast)

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Greg considers the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and speculates on the nature of the angels who were sent there.   Episode 597 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0597.mp3

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Where Does Jesus Affirm the Principle of Accommodation? (podcast)

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Greg looks at Jesus as a perfect revelation of God, and considers how Jesus himself reveals an accommodating God in the Old Testament.   Episode 598 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0598.mp3

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Why Does Jude Say Jesus Killed Disobedient Israelites? (podcast)

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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

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What Does It Mean to Say a Narrative is Inspired Regardless of Historicity? (podcast)

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Narratives, declaratives, and historical imperatives. Greg considers the relationship between the narrative and history.  Episode 549 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0549.mp3

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Podcast: Is the Cruciform Hermeneutic a Little Too New?

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Greg looks at the history of the Cruciform Hermeneutic. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0446.mp3

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Podcast: The Making of Crucifixion of the Warrior God with Tony Jones

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Dan and Tony talk about Greg’s books Crucifixion of the Warrior God and Cross Vision. Tony reveals what it was like to work with Greg, what the publishing industry is like right now, and what…

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Podcast: Do We Apply a Cruciform Lens to the Writings of Paul Even Though He Writes After Christ?

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Greg talks about Paul and Peter and the slow acclimation of Christ’s message in the early church.   http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0413.mp3

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Podcast: Is Open Theism an Accommodation?

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Or for that matter is accommodation an accommodation? Greg talks about things that impact God. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0407.mp3

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Podcast: The Making of the Cross Vision Study Guide

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Deacon discusses the Cross Vision Study Guide. Book is available HERE: Cross Vision Study Guide http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0409.mp3

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

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Greg considers God’s wrath. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0390.mp3

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Podcast: Must We Believe in the Historicity of the OT Stories to Trust in the Bible and in Jesus?

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Things get deep, literarily, as Greg discusses deep literalism.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0384.mp3

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Podcast: What Do We Do When the Bible Sends Mixed Messages?

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Greg considers how to interpret mixed commands in the Bible—where one verse advises differently than another.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0364.mp3

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Podcast: A Cross Vision Reading of David & Goliath

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

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The All-Too-Common Montage God

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How do you picture God? It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of a believer’s mental picture of God. The intensity of your love for God will never outrun the beauty of the God you envision…

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Podcast: Is Cruciform Hermeneutics Simply Midrash?

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Greg considers whether Cruciform Hermeneutics is just a complicated way of seeing what I want to see in the text, and offers nuanced thought for our more complicated hermeneutical challenges.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0307.mp3

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What to Do If You See God as Violent

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God really is as beautiful as he is revealed to be on Calvary. Communicating this is my goal in everything I write—especially Crucifixion of the Warrior God and Cross Vision. But for many, to see…

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What is Progressive Revelation?

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Some early church theologians argued that God had to relate to his people as spiritual infants, and over time, God’s people developed a capacity to receive clearer revelations of him. Gregory of Nazianzus, who wrote…

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The Greatest in the Kingdom (2 of 2)

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Article by Natalie Frisk This post is a summary of what was discussed at the ReKnew CrossVision Conference in regard to what and how we teach our kids about the cruciform hermeneutic. Taking Jesus into…

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What Is God’s Glory?

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In John 12 we find a view of God’s glory that challenges many modern notions of what the glory of God means. In this passage, we find that Jesus was “troubled” by the cross that…

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