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Is Despair a Sin? (podcast part 1 of 3)

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Greg and Dan discuss despair. Why should a person who cares so much about God’s creation that she despairs also then be guilty of a sin?  Episode 575 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0575.mp3

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Which Came First: Death or Sin? (podcast)

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Greg investigates the laws of nature, the nature of law, the fall of the powers, and the power of the fall in this enlightening episode that evolves right up to the climactic ending.   Episode 561…

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If Sin Contains its Own Punishment, Why Do the Wicked Prosper? (podcast)

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What about the fat cats who never suffer? Greg and Barbara speculate on consequences and justice and the nature of sin and punishment. Why do evil people seem to flourish?   Episode 551 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0551.mp3

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If Sin Has Its Own Consequences, Are We Really Forgiven? (podcast)

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Greg talks about sin and forgiveness. Episode 539 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0539.mp3

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Did the Fall Really Happen? (podcast)

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Greg speculates on the nature of the fall, then talks about evidence of God in the universe.  Episode 520 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0520.mp3

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Did the Crucifixion Allow God to Atone for His OWN Sins? (podcast)

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Greg considers God’s nature and if he could sin. Dan confesses an old gambling habit. Episode 477 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0477.mp3

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6 Things the Church Fathers Can Teach Us about Spiritual Warfare

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Image by Christina Saint Marche via Flickr Unlike our thinking today about the source of good and evil in the world, the early church fathers, including Irenaus, Athenagorus, Origen, and others before Augustine, possessed a warfare…

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Podcast: What Will Keep Us from Falling Away in Heaven?

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Greg talks heaven and hell in this solid little episode. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0393.mp3 Painting: Fallen Angel By: Odilon Redon Date: 1872

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Podcast: What Does it Mean that God No Longer Counts Our Sins Against Us?

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Weights and Measures and Merciful Pleasures. Greg discusses divine math. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0392.mp3 Painting: Tea Party By: Andrei Ryabushkin Date: 1903

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The Nature of Human Rebellion

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God placed Adam in the Garden and instructed him to “protect” it (Gen. 2:15). The word is often translated “till” or “keep,” implying that Adam’s main responsibility was to protect the pristine Garden from weeds….

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Podcast: If Sin has Its Own Consequences, What Does God Actually Forgive?

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Greg talks forgiveness, reconciliation, consequences of sin, and the afterlife. All in less than 5 minutes.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0346.mp3

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The Problem with Naming People’s Sin

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Jesus told a woman caught in adultery: “Go and sin no more” (John 8:11). Since Jesus said this, does this give the church the right to tell people not to sin? It’s one thing for…

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Podcast: What Do You Mean When You Say Jesus Entered Into Solidarity with Our Sin?

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Greg talks about God’s passion for, unity with, and pursuit of his beloved bride.   http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0330.mp3

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Podcast: Is It ALWAYS Wrong to Take Oaths?

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Greg looks at the spirit of the law as it pertains to law in the material world.  http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0264.mp3

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The Nature of Temptation

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How does temptation work? Based on James 1:13-16, Greg unpacks the way that desire can give birth to sin. But desire is actually rooted in our longing for God, and the desire itself—and therefore the…

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Challenging the Habit of Judgment

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Jesus said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you”…

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Where Psychology and Theology Meet

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Guest post by Ty Gibson The biblical narrative reveals that God bears our guilt—not merely in the penal sense that Reformed theology asserts—but in the sense that He bears our misconceptions of His character as…

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Podcast: Could Jesus Have Sinned? (part one)

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Greg considers the nature of temptation and the temptability of God. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0114.mp3

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Podcast: Are Our Personal Afflictions the Result of Our Personal Sins?

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Greg considers the cause of our afflictions, the healing at Bethesda, and Monty Python. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0086.mp3

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Podcast: What is Original Sin?

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Greg considers the Augustinian view of original sin in contrast with the Anabaptist view, then offers some of his own specific nuances. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0079.mp3

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