Cruciform Theology
Why Christ, not Scripture, is Our Ultimate Foundation
Category: General
Tags: Belief, Cruciform Theology, Doubt, Scripture
Topics: The Church, Theological Method
In a previous blog I argued that all our theological reflection must not only be Christ-centered, it must, most specifically, be cross-centered. I now want to begin to unpack some of the most important implications of…
Did God Assist the Israelites in the Violent Battle with the Amalekites? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Topics: Biblical Interpretation
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
Isn’t the Resurrection the Ultimate Revelation of God? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cruciform Theology
Topics: Atonement and The Cross
Greg considers the relationship between Christ’s death and resurrection. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0744.mp3
Do We Read Bible-Violence to Children? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Hermeneutics, Kids
Greg on children and Bible violence. Episode 658 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0658.mp3
Is the Cruciform Hermeneutic Circular? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Inspired Imperfection
Greg defends the Cruciform Hermeneutic against circularity. Episode 631 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0631.mp3
Can You Hold a Cruciform Theology AND a Penal Substitution View of Atonement? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Penal Substitution View of Atonement
If you view the cross as the outlet of God’s wrath, then the violence in the Old Testament seems to make perfect sense. Greg responds. Episode 614 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0614.mp3
Why Are Jesus’s Parables So Violent? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Parables
Greg pops the hood to offer a helpful tutorial on how parables operate. Episode 609 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0609.mp3
Did God Destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
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
Why Does Jude Say Jesus Killed Disobedient Israelites? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, OT Violence
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
If Jesus Is the Whole Point, Then What’s the Point of the Old Testament? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Old Testament
Greg considers the role of the Old Testament in Christian faith. Episode 554 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0554.mp3
To What Extent is the Old Testament a Sufficient Revelation of God? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, New Testament, Old Testament
Greg considers the relationship between the testaments. Episode 548 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0548.mp3
Can Bible Imperfections IMPROVE the Reliability of the Bible? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Divine Accommodation, Inspired Imperfection
Greg talks about his new book: Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible’s Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority. Episode 537 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0537.mp3
Podcast: Doesn’t Claiming that the Old Testament Writers were Sometimes Wrong Inevitably Lead to a Slippery Slope?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Hermeneutics, Old Testament, OT Violence
Greg talks about cataphatic prayer and the role of the imagination. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0470.mp3
How is the Bible “God-Breathed”?
Category: General
Tags: Bible, Bible Interpretation, Cross, Cruciform Theology, Inspiration, Jesus
Topics: Biblical Interpretation
The historic-orthodox church has always confessed that all canonical writings are “God-breathed” (1 Tim 3:16). But what exactly does this mean? How could God guarantee that the writings that his “breathing” produces are precisely what…
Atonement: What is the Christus Victor View?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Atonement, Christus Victor, Cruciform Theology, God's Wrath, Jesus, Penal Substitution View of Atonement, Satan
Topics: Christus Victor view of Atonement
Most western Christians today understand the atonement as a sort of legal-transaction that took place between the Father and the Son that got humanity “off the hook.” The legal-transaction scenario goes something like this: God’s…
Podcast: How Does the Story of Achan In Joshua 7 Point to the Cross?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Old Testament, OT Violence, Religious Violence
Greg looks at a violent Old Testament story through a Cruciform lens. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0447.mp3
Podcast: Is the Cruciform Hermeneutic a Little Too New?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Greg looks at the history of the Cruciform Hermeneutic. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0446.mp3
Podcast: HOW Does the Death of Jesus Allow Us to Be Forgiven?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Atonement, Crucifixion, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology
Greg discusses love bombs and explosions of light. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0419.mp3
Podcast: Do We Apply a Cruciform Lens to the Writings of Paul Even Though He Writes After Christ?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Paul, Paul's Letters
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
Podcast: Is Open Theism an Accommodation?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: An Open Orthodoxy, Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, Divine Accommodation, Open Future, Open Theism
Or for that matter is accommodation an accommodation? Greg talks about things that impact God. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0407.mp3