How to Interpret the Law of the Old Testament
While there are multitudes of passages in the OT that reflect an awareness that people are too sinful to be rightly related to God on the basis of the law, there is a strand that runs throughout the OT...
View ArticleWhen the Law Demanded the Death Penalty
The Sinai covenant is significantly structured around violence. It motivates behavioral conformity by promising rewards and threatening violence. Without the threat of violence, the law looses its...
View ArticleWhat’s the Purpose of the Old Testament Law?
Whereas the old covenant was rooted in the law, the new covenant is rooted in simple faith, such as Abraham had. Whereas the old covenant was forged with one particular nation, the new covenant is...
View ArticleThe Heresy of “Just War”
Since the time when the Jesus-looking kingdom movement was transformed into the Caesar-looking “militant and triumphant” Church, there has been a tradition of Christians by-passing the enemy-loving,...
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Podcast: Did Jesus Fulfill the Law or Not?
Greg looks at how Jesus fulfills the law. Send Questions To: Twitter: @reKnewOrg Email: askgregboyd@gmail.com Dan: @thatdankent http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0067.mp3 Subscribe: iTunes...
View ArticleReinterpreting the Law, Violence and Nationalism of the OT
The law of the OT was intended to serve a negative object lesson. This finds its clearest expression in Paul. To begin, Paul interpreted Jesus’ death on the cross largely in sacrificial and...
View ArticleDid God Give Violent Laws? A Response to Paul Copan (#13)
In his critique of Crucifixion of the Warrior God (CWG) at the Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting in November, Paul Copan takes issue with my contention that the violent dimension of OT...
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