Was Jesus an Angry Person? (podcast)

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Greg considers messianic mood swings. Episode 1035 __ __ __ https://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_1035.mp3

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Was the Crucifixion Necessary? (podcast)

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Greg talks about how necessary the cross was. Episode 919 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0919.mp3

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How Do You “See” God? God’s Self-Portrait, Part 1

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When ReKnew first launched a year and a half ago, I planned on initially using the blog primarily to flesh out the theology and significance of the ReKnew Manifesto. As happens all-too-frequently in my ADHD…

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Is Jesus in the Line of David if Mary Was Not? (podcast)

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Greg explores genealogy in this who-begot-who extravaganza. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0782.mp3

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How Human Was Jesus? (podcast)

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Did Jesus have a favorite Ice Cream, or did he love them all the same? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0772.mp3

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Do All Roads Lead to God?

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First, if it’s really true that Jesus is the way to Father and that no one comes to the Father except through him, (Jn 14:6) then it seems that no other religious leader or religious…

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The Centrality of Christ in Hebrews, Part 2

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The intensely Christocentric reading of the Old Testament that I introduced in the previous post is reflected throughout the book of Hebrews. Here I want to cite two more examples of how this writer saw…

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The Centrality of Christ in Hebrews, Part 1

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The intense Christocentricity that the New Testament writers embrace is nowhere more clearly and consistently illustrated than in the book of Hebrews. Throughout this work we find a repeated emphasis on the many ways the…

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Do the Gospels Fabricate Prophetic Fulfillment?

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Skeptically-inclined scholars, and especially critics of Christianity, frequently argue that the Gospel authors created mythological portraits of Jesus largely on the basis of OT material they claim Jesus “fulfilled.” In other words, they surveyed the…

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Jesus, the New Israel

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The Gospels present Jesus and the Kingdom he inaugurated as the fulfillment of Israel’s story. For example, Jesus’ birth fulfills Israel’s longing for a Messiah; his return from Egypt as a child mirrors their Exodus…

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Jesus, the Center of Scripture

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Paul declared that Jesus was nothing less than the very embodiment of all of God. This distinction of “all of God” is important for us to understand what it means for us to see Jesus…

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Jesus: Our Vision of God

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At the beginning of his Gospel John taught that “no one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made…

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The Cross in the Manger, Part 2

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While some shepherds were tending their flock, an angel appeared to them announcing “good news that will cause great joy for all the people,” for it news about “a Savior…the Messiah, the Lord” (Lk 2:10-11)….

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The Cross in the Manger

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There has been a strand within the Western theological tradition—one that is especially prevalent in contemporary American Evangelicalism—that construes the significance of the cross in strictly soteriological terms. The cross is central, in this view,…

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Rethinking the Resurrection

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As much as every other aspect of Jesus life and ministry, I submit that the resurrection must be understood in light of the cross. This event was not anything like the resuscitation of a random…

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Is Jesus Really God?

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While it is true that Jesus Himself never comes out and explicitly says He is God in the Gospels, He is everywhere portrayed in terms that lead us to conclude to the same thing. He…

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The Jesus Story is a Myth!…And History

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Image by Len dela Cruz  The Jesus story has a curious, and fascinating, relationship with myth and legend. The story of God coming to earth, being born of a virgin, manifesting a heroic, counter-cultural love toward…

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When God is Revealed

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Whether we’re talking about our relationship with God or with other people, the quality of our relationships can never go beyond the level of trust the relating parties have in each other’s character. We cannot…

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Eye for Eye: That Time Jesus Refuted An Old Testament Teaching

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One of the most surprising aspects of Jesus’ teaching is that, while he clearly shared his contemporaries’ view of the Old Testament as inspired by God, he was nevertheless not afraid of repudiating it when…

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Was Jesus Really Human Like the Rest of Us?

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Did Jesus really live as a human like you and I do? Or did he walk around with special divine powers that we don’t have? In the previous post, I introduced the question: How was…

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