Hermeneutics

Do We Read Bible-Violence to Children? (podcast)

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Greg on children and Bible violence.  Episode 658 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0658.mp3

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On Teaching Cruciform Hermeneutics to Kids… (podcast)

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Greg talks about what to do with congregants who are engaging in illegal activity. Also, attention is given to the question of guns in church. Episode 580 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0580.mp3

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Why Did God Inspire a Bible We Find SO Confusing? (podcast)

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Greg considers the complexity of biblical revelation. Episode 531 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0531.mp3

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Podcast: Doesn’t Claiming that the Old Testament Writers were Sometimes Wrong Inevitably Lead to a Slippery Slope?

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Greg talks about cataphatic prayer and the role of the imagination. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0470.mp3

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

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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?

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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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The Bible is NOT the Foundation

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Many people imagine that the foundation of their faith is the Bible. This is viewed as the ultimate center around which everything they believe revolves. However, the foundation of the Christian faith is actually centered…

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Podcast: What is ‘Deep Literalism’?

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Greg discusses different levels of literalism and does a darn good impersonation of Garth Brooks. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0214.mp3

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Podcast: How Can We Say God Accommodates Biblical Writers When They Were ‘Carried Along by the Spirit’?

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What does it mean for a Biblical author to be ‘carried along by the Spirit’? Greg discusses 2 Peter 1:20-21.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0194.mp3

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Podcast: Can a Verse Ever Mean What the Original Author Never Intended It to Mean?

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Greg talks about the theological interpretation of scripture in this rapid-paced, controversial episode. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0191.mp3

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Podcast: How Can We Objectively Know What is Literal in the Bible and What is Not?

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Greg discusses bible interpretation, and all that that implies. Greg goes toe-to-toe with fundamentalist bible interpreters. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0088.mp3

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Justice and Biblical Clarity in Hindsight

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 Murky1 via Compfight Rachel Held Evans posted a challenging look at our history of using the Bible to uphold things like slavery and to condemn people like Galileo for his scientific findings. You really need…

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Why Greg Can’t be Accused of Marcionism (Let’s Not Burn Him at the Stake Just Yet)

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Kristin Brenemen via Compfight Richard Beck posted a blog today entitled It’s the Same God: On Marcionism, Creeds, Hermeneutics and War. You’re going to want to take the time to read through it in its…

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Getting Behind the “Letter” of Violent Portraits of God

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“I will do to you what I have never done before… in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents…” Ezek. 5:9-10 In my previous post I offered a brief review…

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