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  1. Grieving and Comfort

    21 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    2006-08-26 Mourning pretty

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    Ben Witherington posted this heartfelt reflection on the sudden death of his young daughter. Theology can sometimes be a relatively benign part of your life until something like this strikes without warning. That’s where things really … read more

    Ben Witherington | Death | Grief | Hope | Jessica Kelley | Picture of God | Theodicy
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  2. Sermon Clip: Love: It’s All About the Cross

    16 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    In this sermon clip, Greg Boyd talks about how Colossians 3:14 and the definition of love. God designed creation so that we would live in community with God and express God’s love towards each other and creation. However, sin disconnected … read more

    Colossians 3 | Image of God | Kingdom Living | Love | Sermons | Sin | Woodland Hills Church
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  3. Open2013 Reflections

    16 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Both participants and leaders share about what was happening at Open2013 and some of their thoughts on Open Theism. Listen in and hear from Greg Boyd, John Sanders, Tom Oord, T. C. Moore, Jessica Kelley and many more.… read more

    Free Will | Greg Boyd | John Sanders | Open Future | Open Theism | Open View | Open2013 | ReKnew | T.C. Moore | Theodicy | Theology | Tom Belt | Tom Oord
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  4. Greg’s Story

    15 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Greg Boyd’s Testimony and Spiritual Pilgrimage from Roberta Winter Institute on Vimeo.

    We thought you might be interested in hearing Greg’s testimony that he shared when he spoke recently at the Roberta Winter Institute. Enjoy!… read more

    Greg Boyd | Spiritual Pilgrimage | Testimony
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  5. Changing Beliefs

    14 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew
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    Stephen Mattson is a follower of ReKnew and a member of Woodland Hills Church who posted a piece on Sojourners titled Christians: It’s NOT a Sin to Change Your Beliefs. He points out that doubt and questions are a natural … read more

    Belief | Change | Curiosity | Doubt | Faith | Mercy | Openness | Questions | Sojourners | Stephen Mattson
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  6. Mother’s Day

    12 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

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    Happy Mother’s Day to all of our beautiful, luminous ReKnew moms and moms-to-be! And comfort and love to those who grieve lost children this Mother’s Day. You’re in our hearts and prayers.… read more

    Comfort | Love | Moms | Mother's Day
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  7. A Guide to the Book of Revelation

    11 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Are you ready for the Rapture? Jesus is coming on Oct 28, 1992(!)

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    Kurt Willems posted this excellent guide for reading the Book of Revelation as it was intended to be read. As Kurt points out, this is the most misunderstood and misinterpreted book of the Bible. If you … read more

    A Thief in the Night | Book of Revelation | Kurt Willems | Left Behind | Non-Violence | Rapture | Revelation
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  8. Lighten Up: Taking Love for Granted

    10 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    No worries.… read more

    Cartoon | God's Love | Humor | Lighten Up | Naked Pastor
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  9. Sermon Clip: Escaping the Twilight Zone God

    09 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    In this sermon clip from Woodland Hills Church, Greg Boyd discusses how in an episode of the Twilight Zone, a young boy gained omnipotent powers, and people were forced to accept his every decision as good—or else. In the full … read more

    Brain | Calvinism | Escaping the Twilight Zone God | Fear | Love | Sermons
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  10. Enemy Love

    08 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

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    Zack Hunt over at The American Jesus shared the story of Paul Keane who offered his own burial plot to Tamerlan Tsarnaev if his family could not find a cemetery that would accept his body. You’ll … read more

    Boston Marathon Bombings | Enemy Love | Kingdom Living | Love | Paul Keane | The American Jesus | Zack Hunt
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  11. Open2013 Speakers (Video)

    07 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Here’s all of the videos of the speakers and their Q&A’s from Open2013. Unfortunately, there was a mix-up and we didn’t get Jessica Kelley’s presentation taped. We’re working to get her to speak again so we can get that to … read more

    Conference | Greg Boyd | John Sanders | Open Conference | Open Theism | Open View | Open2013 | ReKnew | Speakers | Tom Oord | Videos | Woodland Hills Church
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  12. Love is a Beautiful Way to Live…and Die

    04 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Father

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    Richard Beck posted a reflection this last week called Love is the Allocation of Our Living and Dying. Greg has a regular practice of imagining his own death in order to live rightly while he’s … read more

    Dying | Kingdom Living | Richard Beck | Sacrifice
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  13. Lighten Up: If This Guy Can Laugh…

    03 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    There’s some pretty raw language in this video and it’s longer than what we normally post, but we thought it was worth it. So inspiring.… read more

    Inspiration | Lighten Up | Shane Burcaw
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  14. Prototype

    02 May 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew
    Image via Redemption Pictures, Micah J. Murray

    Micah J. Murray wrote the funnest illustrated book review of Jonathan Martin’s book Prototype, so we just had to feature it here. That’s his photoshopped pic of Jonathan as well, which is pretty much worth the price of … read more

    Jonathan Martin | Micah J Murray | Prototype | Redemption Pictures | Renovatus
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  15. Kingdom Sightings: Young Turkish Ambassadors of the Kingdom

    30 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    World's Favorite Sport

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    We received this letter at ReKnew and wanted to share it with all of you. Whether it’s at a job or in your home or participating in sports, we are all called to reflect the … read more

    Istanbul | Kingdom Sightings | Soccer | Turkey
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  16. Christian Skepticism

    29 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Doubt

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    Christopher Hutton wrote a piece that was featured on the Christ and Pop Culture blog called Skepticism for Christianity: Why Doubt it Our Best Friend. Greg’s upcoming book Benefit of the Doubt deals with the topic … read more

    Benefit of the Doubt | Christopher Hutton | Doubt | Skeptics
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  17. The Gift of Bearing Witness

    24 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Lumen Christi

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    Our friend, Jonathan Martin, was featured in She Loves Magazine in a piece he wrote called At Least One Person Waiting. It’s an extraordinary reflection on sitting with the ones we love when they are suffering … read more

    Bearing Witness | Faithfulness | Jonathan Martin | Listening | Prototype | Suffering
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  18. NDY Happiness

    23 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    May2013Greg’s band, NDY (Not Dead Yet) has a couple of gigs coming up soon. We wanted to give you a heads up that they’ll be playing at the Dugout in Mahtomedi on May 3rd at 8:30pm. They’ll also be performing … read more

    Dugout | Haiti | Kòt a Kòt | NDY | Not Dead Yet
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  19. Old and New

    22 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Old & New – Round 3 Trailer by Fred Sprinkle.

    Our good friend Jim LePage is a graphic artist with amazing talent. Some of you are familiar with him via his work for Woodland Hills or through his amazing … read more

    Art | Bible | Blood: Water Mission | Jim LePage | Old and New Project | Word Designs
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  20. On Our Limits and Our Hope

    20 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    Individual Protection

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    Are you worn out by the craziness of this last week? Micah J. Murray posted yesterday on the limits of what we can hold when the freight train of tragedies carried on the boxcars of social … read more

    Anger | Boston Bombings | Fertilizer Plant Explosion | Grief | Hope | Human Limits | Humility | Jonathan Martin | Micah J Murray | Social Media
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  21. From Boston, With Love

    19 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    We posted some of T. C. Moore’s reflections on the Open 2013 conference earlier this week. T. C. lives in Boston and was deeply moved by the violence and terror that came to his city. Now we want to share … read more

    Boston Marathon Bombings | Cross | Forgiveness | Jesus | Mercy | Oz | Peacemaking | Prequel | Self-Righteousness | T.C. Moore
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  22. Lighten Up: Street Compliments

    19 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    When was the last time you paid a sincere compliment? It’s magical.… read more

    Compliments | Lighten Up | Love | Soul Pancake
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  23. Sermon Clip: Waking from Oz

    18 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    In this unique sermon clip, Greg Boyd explains to us his “Theory of OZ” based on the movie Wizard of Oz. In the movie Wizard of Oz, the characters are all looking for something they think they need. As Christians, … read more

    Contentment | Desire | Faith | Sermons | Wizard of Oz
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  24. On Attending to the Light in Darkness

    17 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

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    Donald Miller has posted a reflection on his Storyline blog about highlighting goodness and thereby pointing to Jesus in the aftermath of events such as the bombing in Boston this week. We want to emphatically declare … read more

    Boston Marathon Bombings | Donald Miller | Evil | Goodness | Jesus | Storyline
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  25. Reflecting on Open2013

    16 Apr 2013
    Posted By: ReKnew

    OPEN2013_GroupPhoto_0T. C. Moore has posted some of his reflections from the Open Theism conference. T. C. was one of several people who pulled this conference together and he did a great job. He’s also incredibly smart and very active in … read more

    Boston Bombings | Open Theism | Open2013 | T.C. Moore
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