Cruciform Theology

Podcast: Why Must God Wait for Prayer to Meet Our Needs?

October 22, 2018

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Is God a bad father? Greg explores the intricacies and nuances of prayer. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0404.mp3

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

September 26, 2018

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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?

September 12, 2018

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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: Has Greg ‘Gone Liberal’ in His Cruciform Hermeneutic?

July 31, 2018

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Greg consoles a disappointed fan and discusses Cruciform Hermeneutics.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0365.mp3

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

July 29, 2018

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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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How the Church is Tempted to “Do Good”

June 27, 2018

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The previous post spoke of God’s call to the church to be resident aliens: a holy, distinct people who are set apart and peculiar when compared to the patterns of the world. The holiness of…

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

June 23, 2018

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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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Podcast: A Cross Vision Reading of David & Goliath

June 21, 2018

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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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Confronting the Divine Montage

June 21, 2018

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The superiority of Jesus’ revelation over a montage view of God (see previous post) is captured when Paul and the author of Hebrews utilize an analogy of a shadow verses reality. Paul instructs his disciples…

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The All-Too-Common Montage God

June 19, 2018

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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: If Sin has Its Own Consequences, What Does God Actually Forgive?

June 17, 2018

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Greg talks forgiveness, reconciliation, consequences of sin, and the afterlife. All in less than 5 minutes.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0346.mp3

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Podcast: How Does a Cruciform Hermeneutic Affect Your Reading of Homosexuality Passages?

June 1, 2018

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Greg talks about accommodation, judgement, and homosexuality. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0337.mp3

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Podcast: Does a Jesus-Centric Theology Reduce God?

May 2, 2018

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Greg challenges the traditional starting point of many theologies and defends starting our theology about God’s nature and character with what has been revealed about Jesus. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0325.mp3

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Podcast: Overflow Episode 1 — Dust, Flashlights, and Heathens

April 21, 2018

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Dan and Brianna tackle some tough questions: —Is it okay for Christians to be cremated? —How can we preach from the OT with authority? —What should a Christian academic know in a secular school? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0320_overflow_1.mp3

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Podcast: Why Did Jesus Say He Came to Bring a Sword?

April 9, 2018

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Greg considers what Jesus meant when he said he had come to bring a sword.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0312.mp3

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Podcast: How Do You Recommend Reading the Bible to Kids?

April 5, 2018

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Greg looks at reading the Bible to kids and considers where in the Bible one should start reading.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0311.mp3

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Podcast: Where is the Foundation of Our Trust in the Old Testament?

April 4, 2018

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Greg looks at what he considers the foundation of trusting in the Bible.    http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0310.mp3

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Podcast: Is Cruciform Hermeneutics Simply Midrash?

March 28, 2018

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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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God’s Kind of Warfare

March 27, 2018

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Over and over, and in a variety of different ways, we are told that, while “[s]ome trust in chariots and some in horses,” Israelites were to “trust in the name of the LORD our God”…

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What to Do If You See God as Violent

March 20, 2018

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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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