By Richard L. Floyd on 7/20/2008 10:14 AM

Some of the critics believe that the word of the cross is not good news, but bad news. The chief criticism is that the cross is an act of violence against Jesus by God. Read More »

By Richard L. Floyd on 7/11/2008 9:06 AM

Jesus’ crucifixion itself is, of course, a horrific act of violence, but Christian faith, from its early days, has interpreted it as a divine act of reconciliation. Read More »

By Richard L. Floyd on 7/5/2008 11:37 AM

It is an irony that I find myself defending the cross from the critics who say it causes violence, because it was a reaction to violence that profoundly influenced me to return to the Christian faith of my childhood as a young adult in the late 1960’s. Read More »

By Richard L. Floyd on 7/3/2008 10:31 AM

Is the cross an emblem of violence? That violence has been done in the name of the cross cannot be denied. But the argument hinges on the distinction between whether the cross, in and of itself, is a cause of violence, or whether when violence is done in the name of the cross, it is a betrayal of the cross’s true meaning Read More »