Episode 21 - Greg Boyd - Making Sense of Old Testament Violence

02/11/19 • 61 min

Greg Boyd is an internationally recognized theologian, preacher, teacher and author.

He has been featured on the front page of The New York Times, CNN and the BBC along with numerous other television and radio venues. He has authored and co-authored 22 books.

Greg comes on the show to talk through his new recent book 'Cross Vision' where he argues that it is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ which enables us to make sense of Old Testament violence.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

Moving from a place of justifying OT violence to looking for deeper meaning
Is the OT God a god of genocide?
Understanding Ancient Near Eastern context
Cruciform Hermeneutic
A missionary God
How to read the OT
The cross being simultaneously outrageously beuatiful and revoltingly ugly
How do we preach the from the Old Testament

This episode is loaded wth some pretty incredible thoughts. Strap yourselves in.

Greg Boyd is an internationally recognized theologian, preacher, teacher and author.

He has been featured on the front page of The New York Times, CNN and the BBC along with numerous other television and radio venues. He has authored and co-authored 22 books.

Moving from a place of justifying OT violence to looking for deeper meaning
Is the OT God a god of genocide?
Understanding Ancient Near Eastern context
Cruciform Hermeneutic
A missionary God
How to read the OT
The cross being simultaneously outrageously beuatiful and revoltingly ugly
How do we preach the from the Old Testament

This episode is loaded wth some pretty incredible thoughts. Strap yourselves in.

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Episode 20 - Cheeky Hacks for Dealing with Busyness

In this episode Daniel tackles some of the ways we facilitate busyness in our lives and shares some hacks that he has learned to be helpful for him.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas

It's ok to say no. Learning to say no can be incredibly difficult but Daniel provides some helpful tips in learning to grow in our 'saying no' confidence.
Discover the things that only you can do... this might seem like a novel or straightforward thought, but it is incredibly helpful.
Screen time- Monitor you screen time.
- Limit notifications
- Be intentional about the your screen time
- Leave your phone outside the bedroom
- Get an alarm clock

Here's to all our lives being filled up with less busyness!

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Episode 22 - Jonathan Merritt - Speaking God from Scratch

Jonathan is an award-winning writer on religion, culture, and politics. Jonathan has published more than 3500 articles in respected outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today, Buzzfeed, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. As a respected voice, he regularly contributes commentary to television, print, and radio news outlets.

Jonathan is author of several critically-acclaimed books, including Learning to Speak God from Scratch, Jesus is Better Than You Imagined, and A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars. Additionally, he trains hundreds of young writers through his Write Brilliant course.

Jonathan holds a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master of Theology from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. He is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including the Wilbur Award for excellence in journalism, the Religion News Association’s columnist of the year, and the Englewood Review of Books “Book of the Year” award.
Show Notes - The Big Ideas