Salvation

Can I Accept Jesus AFTER Death? (podcast)

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Greg points his periscope into the afterlife.  Episode 675 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0675.mp3

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What About People Who Live Christlike Lives Who Know Nothing About Christ? (podcast)

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Greg considers the salvation of good people who do not know Jesus. KX12 Volume One is FREE here. Episode 654 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0654.mp3

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Would a Perfectly Loving God Limit Salvation to Jesus? (podcast)

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Greg talks about the scandal of particularity.  Episode 604 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0604.mp3

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“Christ is Lord”: What Does it Mean?

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We enter the domain of God’s reign when we enthrone Christ as Lord of our life. This seems simple enough. But actually, I think there’s a lot of misunderstanding of what this means. The Bible…

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Do People Exist in Parallel Universes, and Do They Need Jesus? (Podcast)

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Greg talks the sin economy and if sin actually threatens God. Episode 474 The Interview: http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0474.mp3

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If salvation depends on our free choice, how are we saved totally by grace?

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Question: I’m an Arminian-turned-Calvinist, and the thing that turned me was the realization that if salvation hinges on whether individuals choose to be saved or not, as Arminians and Open Theists believe, then we can’t…

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When does salvation happen?

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Question: I grew up in a strict, fundamentalist community and our whole goal in life was to get people to pray “the sinners prayer.” Once they prayed this prayer, we believed, they were “saved.” But…

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The Cross is Revelation and Salvation

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The way Christ saved us from the curse of the law was “by becoming a curse for us” (Gal. 3:13). So too, the way Christ freed us from the condemnation of sin and enabled us…

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When Repentance is No Longer Possible

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A concerned follower of ReKnew recently asked me to explain a puzzling passage, and since I am asked this question with some regularity, I thought I’d share with all of you. Here is the passage…

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Podcast: Does the Narrow Gate Mean that Few are Saved?

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Greg gives insight into Matthew 7:13-14. What does Jesus mean about the path to destruction being wide and the gate to life being narrow? http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0125.mp3

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God as Covenant Keeper

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Covenant lies at the heart of the biblical understand of God’s relationship to the world. Simply put, a covenant stands in contrast to a contract where parties enter into a quid pro quo arrangement. With…

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What “God Loves You” Actually Means

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From the beginning, God chose to have a people who would be the object of his eternal love, just as Christ is the object of his eternal love. God sought to acquire a “bride” for…

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Podcast: Defending the Manifesto (8 of 10 )

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Greg responds to challenges by William Lane Craig from Craig’s podcast “Reasonable Faith.“ Greg discusses salvation, specifically whether Paul understands salvation in primarily legal terms versus covenantal terms. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0063.mp3

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The Incarnation: More Than a Rescue Mission

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A mistake people often make concerning the Incarnation is that they fail to distinguish the eternal plan of God to unite himself with humanity in Christ, on the one hand, from the atoning significance this…

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What Jesus Revealed About Being Human

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According to the creation story, when Adam and Eve ate the fruit, they essentially ceased being the wonderful, God-centered, God-dependent human beings the Creator intended them to be. They became less than fully human. Instead,…

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A Brief Theology of Salvation

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In the NT, one of the most frequent and fundamental images used to depict our salvation is “redemption.” The root of this term lytron means a “ransom” or “price of release,” and the term itself…

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The Most Quoted Old Testament Verse

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No other passage from the Old Testament is quoted more by New Testament authors than Psalm 110:1. Its frequent citation should cause us to pay attention to what is being said. It reads: The Lord…

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The Cross and Cosmic Warfare

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Since the time of Anselm in the 11th century, Western theology has focused almost all of its attention on the anthropological dimension of the atonement. In the most popular understanding, the chief thing that God…

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Faith or Magic?

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Many Christians today treat faith like magic. While the content of what Christians believe is obviously different from pagan practitioners of magic, the way they believe and the motive they have for believing, seems to…

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The Full Meaning of Salvation

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Many view salvation as a legal transaction, which means that it’s a mere acquittal from the consequences of sin. While forgiveness of our sin is certainly involved, the NT view of salvation goes far beyond…

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