Violence
Jesus Said, “Buy a sword.” What did he mean?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Mennonerds, Non-Violence, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
Yesterday, I challenged the common assumption that Jesus was violent when he drove out the animals and turned over tables in the Temple courts. (See post.) Today I want to look at the second episode…
What About Violence in the Parables? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Jesus, Parables, Violence
Greg examines the harsher parables. Episode 524 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0524.mp3
Dear Greg: My Spouse Thinks Spanking is Okay and I Do Not (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Parenting, Violence
Greg offers thoughts on how spanking plants a seed of redemptive violence and offers ideas for resolving differences of opinion between spouses. Episode 507 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0507.mp3
What Can We Do About Gun Violence? The Rex Harsin Interview (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Guns, Michael Martin, Non-Violence, Red Letter Christians, Shane Claiborne, Violence
Dan talks with Rex Harsin about his new documentary called “Beating Guns,” made with Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin of RAWTools. What does it mean to believe in and follow a non-violent savior while wielding a…
Did the Crucifixion Allow God to Atone for His OWN Sins? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Atonement, OT Violence, Sin, Violence
Greg considers God’s nature and if he could sin. Dan confesses an old gambling habit. Episode 477 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0477.mp3
Podcast: What are Your Thoughts on MMA Fighting and Other Violent Sports?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Christian Life, lifestyle warfare, Non-Violence, Violence
Greg *wrestles* through violence in sports. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0373.mp3
Podcast: Why Does God Accommodate Divorce and Not Violence?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Divine Accommodation, Divorce, Violence
Greg looks at how God treats violence and divorce and speculates on why he treats them differently. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0363.mp3
Podcast: Who is Allowed to Kill and Who Isn’t?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Just War, Non-Violence, Violence
How could it have been ‘just’ to Kill Hitler but also not something a Christian should do? Greg wrestles with non-violence in a world where God uses the violence of others for his own will….
Podcast: If You Could’ve Killed Hitler, Wouldn’t You?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Hitler, Non-Violence, Violence
Greg challenges the intuitively appealing notion of killing Hitler and thereby preventing the massacre of millions of people. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0326.mp3 —Edvard Munch, “The Murderer,” 1910
Podcast: How Can I Protect My Kids from the Violence in Media?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Media, Movie Review, Violence
Greg looks at ways to help strengthen non-violence in children in a world saturated in violence. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0308.mp3
The Violent Vineyard Owner: A Response to Paul Copan (#8)
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…
The Violent “Church Triumphant”
Category: General
Tags: Augustine, Constantine, Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Violence
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence, The Church
In light of how central enemy-loving non-violence is to Jesus’ teaching and to his cross-centered revelation of God, we have to wonder why the church has refused to listen to its head and instead condoned…
Podcast: Is There a Moral Difference Between Killing and Murder?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: C.S. Lewis, Non-Violence, Religious Violence, Violence
Greg argues against C.S. Lewis’ claim that not all killing is murder. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0223.mp3
Frank Viola’s Interview With Greg: OT Violence and the Spirit World
Category: General
Tags: Frank Viola, Old Testament, Spiritual Warfare, Violence
I have not yet personally met Frank Viola, but over the last several years we’ve conversed and debated a good deal, to the point that I consider him a good friend. He is one of…
Podcast: What About Guns?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Guns, Non-Violence, Violence
Greg shoots straight in this controversial episode on guns. He also tells the tale of the time he shot the German Luger. Also, Dan corrupts the youth (as per typical). http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0219.mp3 Image from www.quotecatalog.com
Who is Responsible for Job’s Suffering?
Category: General
Tags: Book of Job, Cruciform Theology, Suffering, Violence
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
In the prologue of the Book of Job, the author seems to ascribe the responsibility for Job’s affliction to Yahweh. For instance, Satan challenges God to “stretch out [his] hand and strike everything he has,“…
Did Yahweh Crush His Son?
Category: General
Tags: Cruciform Theology, Jesus, Violence
Topics: Attributes and Character
Though Isaiah was probably referring to the nation of Israel as Yahweh’s “suffering servant” when these words were penned, the NT authors as well as other early church fathers interpreted this servant to be a…
Podcast: What is Violence?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Non-Violence, Violence
Greg takes a closer look at what violence is. Then he bullies Dan. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0174.mp3
Podcast: Is Accepting Evolution with All It’s Violence Compatible with Believing in a Loving Creator?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Evolution, Violence
Greg considers the violence inherent in evolution (and in nature itself) in light of our belief in an all-loving creator. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0169.mp3
The Philando Castile Verdict
Category: General
Tags: Current Events, Violence
I’m not going to get political. I’m just going to be honest. My heart is pounding. In anger. In sorrow. In fear (over what this might lead to). I know that, unlike the jury, we…