Parables

Do the Parables Send Mixed Messages about God’s Character? (podcast)

April 27, 2020

Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Parables

Greg brings harmony to Jesus’s parables. Episode 664 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0664.mp3

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Why Are Jesus’s Parables So Violent? (podcast)

December 28, 2019

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

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What About Violence in the Parables? (podcast)

June 24, 2019

Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Jesus, Parables, Violence

Greg examines the harsher parables. Episode 524 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0524.mp3

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The Violent Vineyard Owner: A Response to Paul Copan (#8)

December 28, 2017

Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Judgment, Non-Violence, Parables, Paul Copan, Violence
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
Verse: Luke 20, Matthew 21

In my previous post I addressed two of the three parables that Paul Copan argues present God in violent ways. Today I will address the third, which is the parable of a vineyard owner with…

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What About Jesus’ Violent Parables? A Response to Paul Copan (#7)

December 26, 2017

Category: General
Tags: Non-Violence, Parables, Paul Copan
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors

Copan’s Argument. In Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) and Cross Vision (CV) I argue that the violent depictions of God in the OT are incompatible with the non-violent, self-sacrificial, enemy-embracing God who is fully…

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Violent Parables?

January 6, 2016

Category: General
Tags: God's Character, Jesus, Non-Violence, Parables
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence

Some try to argue that Jesus did not make loving enemies and refraining from violence an absolute mandate. They make their case on the basis of several passages from the Gospels. The first concerns the…

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Why do some of Jesus’ parables depict God in violent ways?

June 18, 2013

Category: Q&A
Tags: Bible, Bible Interpretation, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Parables, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence, Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors

Greg deals with the question of what it means that some of Jesus’ parables seem to depict God in violent terms. In addition to getting an answer to this question you’ll be treated to a…

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Parable of the Jerk Loser Son

January 9, 2013

Category: General
Tags: Christianity, Jesus, Love of God, Parables, Peter Enns, Prodigal Son

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery via Compfight Peter Enns blogged about the parable of the prodigal son, or as he likes to call it, “the parable of the jerk loser son.” It’s actually a reflection about…

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