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The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament’s Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross, Volumes 1 & 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd proposes a revolutionary way to read the Bible in this epic but accessible study. His “cruciform hermeneutic” stands as a challenge to the field of biblical studies and to all thoughtful Christians. A dramatic tension confronts every Christian believer and interpreter of Scripture: on the one hand, we encounter Old Testament stories of God commanding...

that God would be its warrior. Jesus read from Isaiah 61:1–2, a passage that declares that God’s anointed—the messiah—would bring good news to the poor, set captives free, and declare the year of the Lord’s favor. To everyone’s surprise, Jesus announced that this prophecy was in the process of being fulfilled in him (Luke 4:21). One might have thought that the people Jesus grew up with would have been excited by this announcement, but they instead became enraged (v. 28). Their response is puzzling
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