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Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence is unavailable, but you can change that!

Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd tackles the Bible’s biggest dilemma. The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peace—it’s a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century. Now, with the sensitivity of a pastor and the intellect of a theologian, Gregory A. Boyd proposes the “cruciform hermeneutic,” a way to read the Old...

our view of God must be based on the whole Bible, not just on the parts you like!” “So Micah,” I asked, “do you believe everything in the Bible should be given equal weight?” “Absolutely!” he snapped. “It’s all from God!” I then asked if he thought that children who are disobedient and slothful should be stoned to death, since this is what the law of the OT requires. Micah just stared at me with an angry and agitated gaze. “Look,” I continued, “I readily admit that I privilege Jesus over previous
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