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The REAL Problem with Divine Violence in the OT
The real challenge we face, I submit, is that we must interpret violent divine portraits in such a way that we can discern the self-sacrificial God revealed on Calvary within portraits of God declaring he will use Babylon his servant to smash together parents and children (Jer. 13:14), or of God planning to trample his own āVirgin Daughter Judahā like one crushes grapes in a winepress (Lam. 1:15), or of God bringing about a judgment in which babies would be dashed to the ground and pregnant women would have their wombs ripped open (Hos. 13:16).
That is the real problem. And as it concerns this problem, arguments to the effect that Godās merciless violence against people was justified, even if successful, achieve very little. If there is any hope of resolving this problem, I submit that it lies in adopting a completely different framework. What if we, like Paul, adopted a hermeneutic that reflected Paulās attitude toward the Corinthians when he āresolved to know nothing⦠except Jesus Christ crucified?ā
Great reminder from the Reknew team that I recommend all kingdom people and thinkers to read (or reread) and meditate on.
Since people have misquoted this verse to me hundreds of times, here is a great answer from Greg Boyd.
'When Jesus later appeared before Pilate and was asked if he was the King of the Jews, Jesus responded that his kingdom is not of this world, and he points to the fact that his followers are not fighting as proof of this fact (Jn. 18:36). So, a distinguishing characteristic that a person belongs to Jesusā Kingdom is that they refuse to fight their enemies. They rather prayer for their healing and seek to serve them any way they can ā including dying for them, as Jesus did, if necessary.'
Greg Boyd talks about his thoughts on Rob Bell's book "Love Wins", and offers his own thoughts on his view of Hell.

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The natural skeptic in me loves loves loves this and makes me glad that I'm not the only one.
And Greg's shirt is the jam; everyone poops.
Rethinking Hell
An excerpt from A Reknew Manifesto by Greg Boyd. Ā The whole article can be found here.Ā (Emphasis all original).
The earliest Christians understood āhellā in several different ways. Some viewed it as annihilation, others as eternal conscious suffering, and others redemptive process that will result in everyone being saved (āuniversalismā). After Augustine however, the view of hell as eternal conscious suffering became dominant. Annihilationism quickly became a marginal view and universalism was eventually officially condemned.
In light of the love that God has revealed for all humans in Christ, we are convinced thatĀ if there is any way that GodĀ couldĀ save all, he most certainlyĀ wouldĀ save all. Moreover, we donāt see how anyone who genuinely loves all peopleāas Christ commands and empowers us to doācould fail toĀ hopeĀ that Godās love will eventually rescue and transform everyone. At the same time, our belief in free will rules out the Universalistās belief that there will come a time when everyoneĀ mustĀ be saved. Moreover, we donāt see in Scripture sufficient warrant for being confident that all will be saved.
What is more certain to us is thatĀ the fire of Godās love will salvage and purify everything in a person that is consistent with Godās loving character and will burn up (metaphorically speaking) everything that is not. If it unfortunately turns out that people can sink to the point where there is nothing salvageable, itās our conviction God will justly, yet mercifully, withdraw his sustaining hand, allowing them to return to nothingness ā āas though they had never beenā (Obadiah 16). When Scripture speaks of hell as āeternal,ā we believe this most likely refers to theĀ effectĀ of this punishment, not theĀ durationĀ of anyoneās experience of it.
However, we are convinced that what is more important than the particular views we hold is theĀ mannerĀ in which we hold them. Since the biblical material on this topic is ambiguous, and since the witness of the early church is not uniform on this matter, we encourage Jesus-followers today to not christen their own view asĀ theĀ orthodox view, but rather to allow all views to be entertained and lovingly debated.
Or in other words, I don't believe in the god you don't believe in neither...
New stuff from @gregboyd. Looks nice and promising. I wonder if he hired Rob Bell's media team?! ;)