Crucifixion

Why Should I Say Jesus Died in My Place? (podcast)

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Greg considers how Jesus’s death on the cross saved each of us. Episode 581 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0581.mp3 4

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Why Did Jesus Die on the Cross?

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If asked why Jesus had to die on the cross, most Christians today would immediately answer, “To pay for my sins.” Jesus certainly paid the price for our sins, but it might surprise some reader…

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Could the God of Open Theism Have Foreknown the Crucifixion was Going to Happen? (podcast)

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Greg talks about a really really really smart and good God in a really really really bad world against a not-quite-as-smart adversary. Episode 540 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0540.mp3

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What Changed on the Cross? (podcast)

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Greg talks the sin economy and if sin actually threatens God. Episode 473 The Interview: http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_CH_0473.mp3

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Podcast: HOW Does the Death of Jesus Allow Us to Be Forgiven?

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Greg discusses love bombs and explosions of light.   http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0419.mp3

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Podcast: Was Jesus’ Experience of Separation on the Cross a Hallucination or a False Belief?

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Greg talks about the paradox of Trinity and Christ’s experience of separation on the cross.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0349.mp3

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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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Why Did Jesus Cry Out that God Had Forsaken Him?

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At the climax of Jesus’ suffering on the cross, Jesus cries out: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mt 27:46) It’s a jarring moment in the narrative. To forsake is to abandon….

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Podcast: Did Jesus Experience Genuine God-Forsakenness? (parts 1 and 2)

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Greg discusses Jesus’ experience of God-Forsakenness, and looks at possible implications for the perfection of the trinity. Part One: http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0178.mp3 Part Two: http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0179.mp3

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Podcast: Does the Resurrection Diminish the Sacrifice of Jesus?

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Greg discusses God’s sacrifice, the nature of separation from God, and shares a powerful story from his time in Cambodia, and offers this as an analogy for Christ’s inner sacrifice. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0155.mp3

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Podcast: Defending the Manifesto (7 of 10)

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Greg responds to challenges by William Lane Craig from Craig’s podcast “Reasonable Faith.“ Greg discusses atonement and the shortcomings of penal substitution theology. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0062.mp3

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The Cruciform Trinity

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As paradoxical as it sounds, if God is supremely revealed when he stoops to the infinite extremity of becoming his own antithesis on the cross, then we must conclude that stooping to this extremity out…

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How Much Does the Cross Really Matter?

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The cross is as foolishness and weakness to nonbelievers, but Paul wrote that to those who are being saved it is both “the power” and “wisdom of God” (1 Cor 1:18, 24). In sharp contrast…

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God is Different Than You Think

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The revelation of “[a] God humiliated even unto the cross,” as Pascal put it, flies in the face of what most Jews of Jesus’ time, and of what most people throughout history, have expected God…

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