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The Ultimate Goal of Life & What Stands in the Way of It
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden, Identity in Christ, Judgment, Shame
What is the point of it all? What is the highest good? What is the point of life? Greg addresses these huge question in this sermon clip, where he introduces the idea of the beautific…
The Call To Nonviolent Discipleship
Category: General
Tags: Enemy Love, Peace
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
The cross wasn’t simply something God did for us. According to the NT, it was also an example God calls us to follow. Yet, as discussed in the previous post, most often the call to…
Why Don’t We Practice Non-Violent Love
Category: General
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
Why in the history of history of the church has enemy-loving non-violence so rarely been attributed to God and so rarely been espoused as the defining characteristic of kingdom people? In light of the fact…
The Distinguishing Mark of a Child of God
Category: General
Topics: Enemy-Loving Non-Violence
Jesus claimed that loving enemies was a precondition for being considered a child of God. “[L]ove your enemies,” he taught, “that you may be children of your Father…” (Mt. 5:44-45, emphasis added). And again, “love…
Redefining Transcendence
Category: General
Tags: Classical Theism, Cruciform Theology, Revelation
Topics: Attributes and Character
God is transcendent, which basically means that God is “other” than creation. The problem is that classical thinking about God’s “otherness” has been limited to what reason can discern about God. As a result, all…
Redefining Omnipotence
Category: General
Tags: Cross, Love, Omnipotence
Topics: Attributes and Character
Traditional, classical theology has equated divine power with God causing and determining all things to exist. God supposedly acts on everything as their cause, but nothing in any way acts on him. Yet, these assumptions…
The Importance of Science and Theology
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Quantum Physics, Science, The Cosmic Dance
Why is a dialogue between theology and science important? Many assume that they operate independently of one another, but the fact is that they influence each other more than we realize. Listen to Greg’s introductory…
Greg’s Review of Changing Your Mind by Victor Copan
Category: General
Tags: Book Reviews, Discipleship, Imagination
Several months ago Victor Copan introduced himself to me at the end of a Woodland Hills Church service. He told me about his recently published book, Changing Your Mind. “I know you’re into spiritual disciplines…
Greg Boyd’s New Book Now Available
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Quantum Physics, Science, The Cosmic Dance
You will never see another book quite like this one. Filled with pictures and creative dialogue, this title wrestles with questions about how science and theology relate to each other so that we might better…
Introducing “Apologies and Explanations” Podcast
Category: General, Press, ReKnew Podcast
I’m so excited to announce that ReKnew is launching our very own podcast! We are calling it “Apologies and Explanations,” because in each 5 to 15 minute podcast I will respond to questions that aim…
The “Rising Revolution” Conference
Category: General
Tags: Upcoming Conference
Are you a person or group that has awakened to the truth that the kingdom that Jesus inaugurated looks much more beautiful than the traditional Christendom model of the Church? Have you caught the vision of…
The Risk of Love
Category: General
Tags: Creation, Free Will, freedom, God is Love, Trinity
The most basic and yet most profound teaching of the Bible is that “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8; 16). He is revealed to be a God who is triune—Father, Son and Holy Spirit (See…
Why You Have Free Will
Category: General
Tags: Choice, Free Will, Open Theism
Topics: Free Will and the Future
God’s decision to create a cosmos that was capable of love and that was, therefore, populated with free agents (see previous post) was also a decision to create and govern a world he could not…