Warfare Worldview

The Destiny of God’s People

Category:
Tags: , , , , ,
Topics:

Jesus represents the realization of God’s glorious dream for humanity. In Christ, we see what we who are in Christ are destined to be. As a stick placed in a river is destined to be…

Read Post

If We’re Made For Warfare, Why Non-Violence? And What Will We Fight in Heaven?

Category:
Tags: , , ,

In this episode Greg talks about our warrior nature and discusses some interesting implications of that on our understanding of heaven. Links: Website: ReKnew.org http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0006.mp3

Read Post

God of Sense and Traditions of Non-Sense

Category:
Tags: , , , , , ,
Topics:

As the title suggests, in his book, God’s Problem: How The Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question – Why We Suffer, Bart Ehrman argues that the Bible has nothing compelling to say about…

Read Post

Lord Willing?

Category:
Tags: , , , ,
Topics:

Lord Willing? Wrestling with God’s Role in My Child’s Death, by Jessica Kelley In November 2012, I received one of the most touching emails I have ever received. A young mother named Jessica Kelley explained…

Read Post

The Most Quoted Old Testament Verse

Category:
Tags: , , , , ,

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…

Read Post

The Cross and Cosmic Warfare

Category:
Tags: , , , ,
Topics:

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…

Read Post

Paradigm Shift Questions

Category:
Tags: , , , ,
Topics:

A couple that was recently introduced to ReKnew and several of my books recently wrote to tell me that they are in the process of embracing the warfare worldview along with the open view of…

Read Post

Kingdom Revolution

Category:
Tags: , ,
Topics:

To properly understand an action, you need to interpret it in the light of the social context in which it takes place. For example, if we were to hear about a white male offering his…

Read Post

The Universal Experience of the “Spiritual”

Category:
Tags: , ,
Topics:

Humans have from prehistoric times generally assumed the reality of spir­its who transcend our physical existence. Outside of post-Enlightenment western intellectual culture the belief in spirits is almost universal. Whether conceptualized as spirits of nature…

Read Post

Jesus and the Reality of Spiritual Warfare

Category:
Tags: , , , ,
Topics:

In yesterday’s post, we discussed how challenging it can be to believe in the reality of a spiritual realm in the modern world. Today, let’s look at how Jesus’ ministry relates to this spiritual reality….

Read Post

A Non-Violent Creation

Category:
Tags: , , ,
Topics:

A biblical teaching that we often overlook regarding the centrality of non-violence concerns God’s original vision of creation. We have grown so accustomed to the violence we experience as a part of nature that we…

Read Post

Warfare Worldview: A Basic Definition

Category:
Tags: , , , , ,
Topics:

The warfare worldview is based on the conviction that our world is engaged in a cosmic war between a myriad of agents, both human and angelic, that have aligned themselves with either God or Satan….

Read Post

The Victory is Already Won, But Not Yet

Category:
Tags: , ,
Topics:

Christ came “to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8), to disarm “the rulers and authorities” (Col 2:15), and to “destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil…

Read Post

The Full Meaning of Salvation

Category:
Tags: , , , ,

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…

Read Post

Thankful that God Outsmarted Satan

Category:
Tags: , , ,

Concerning the cross, Paul wrote that God’s intent was “that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places…

Read Post

The (Spiritual) War on Terror

Category:
Tags: , ,

Jesus’ ministry was a ministry not of resignation but of revolt. He was about revolting against the cruel tyranny of a world ruler (Satan) that was oppressing God’s people. He was about seeking to give…

Read Post

Theology That Accounts for Terrorism

Category:
Tags: , , , ,

The general assumption of both the Old and the New Testaments is that the earth is virtually engulfed by cosmic forces of destruction, and that evil and suffering are ultimately due to this diabolical siege….

Read Post

So Much Evil. Why?

Category:
Tags: , , ,

In light of the profound evil being experienced by the people of Paris and countless other locations around the world, we thought we would raise again the question that many ask when things like this…

Read Post

Why Did God Heal or Not?

Category:
Tags: , , , ,
Topics: ,

In 1996 a 27-year-old man in my church named David was diagnosed with an inoperable brain cancer. The doctors decided to send David to the Mayo Clinic to receive some experimental treatments on the slim…

Read Post

Does God Still Heal?

Category:
Tags: , , , ,
Topics: ,

In the ancient world Jesus was known first and foremost as an exorcist and a healer. These two activities are mentioned in every summary of Jesus’s ministry found in the Gospels. It’s common for Western…

Read Post
Search Tips

Simple Search

Detailed Search

  • Category

  • Filter by Tag:

  • Show Only Posts Related to Verse:

  • Filter by Topic:

  • Clear all filters